CVE-2024-42144: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-42144 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 15Timeline
- 30-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data Verify that lvts_data is not NULL before using it.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu94 products
- linux< 6.8.0-48.48
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1018.20
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ f5f633b18234cecb0e6ee6e5fbb358807dda15c3, < 79ef1a5593fdb8aa4dbccf6085c48f1739338bc9 | ≥ f5f633b18234cecb0e6ee6e5fbb358807dda15c3, < fd7ae1cabfedd727be5bee774c87acbc7b10b886 | ≥ f5f633b18234cecb0e6ee6e5fbb358807dda15c3, < a1191a77351e25ddf091bb1a231cae12ee598b5d | 6.3
- linux_kernel< 6.6.39 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.9
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.9.9-1
3 vendors · 97 products
