5.5

CVE-2024-42101: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42101DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42101
Published 30-07-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42101 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 42 · Related 37
DLA-4008-1DSA-5747-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278RHSA-2024:9315SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1

Timeline

  1. 30-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes In nouveau_connector_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a possible NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu129 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-262.296 | < 4.15.0-232.244 | < 5.4.0-195.215 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1139.145 | < 4.4.0-1177.192 | < 4.15.0-1176.189 | < 5.4.0-1132.142 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 9baf60323efa992b7c915094529f0a1882c34e7e | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < e36364f5f3785d054a94e57e971385284886d41a | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 274cba8d2d1b48c72d8bd90e76c9e2dc1aa0a81d | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < f48dd3f19614022f2e1b794fbd169d2b4c398c07 | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 1f32535238493008587a8c5cb17eb2ca097592ef | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 744b229f09134ccd091427a6f9ea6d97302cfdd9 | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 7db5411c5d0bd9c29b8c2ad93c36b5c16ea46c9e | ≥ 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12, < 80bec6825b19d95ccdfd3393cf8ec15ff2a749b4 | 2.6.33
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.33, < 4.19.318 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.280 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.222 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.163 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.98 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.39 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.98-1 | < 6.9.9-1

3 vendors · 132 products

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