7.5

CVE-2024-42286: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42286DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42286
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42286 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.89%
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 31 · Related 27
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly The driver load failed with error message, qla2xxx [0000:04:00.0]-ffff:0: register_localport failed: ret=ffffffef and with a kernel crash, BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070 Workqueue: events_unbound qla_register_fcport_fn [qla2xxx] RIP: 0010:nvme_fc_register_remoteport+0x16/0x430 [nvme_fc] RSP: 0018:ffffaaa040eb3d98 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9dfb46b78c00 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff9dfb46b78da8 RSI: ffffaaa040eb3e08 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff9dfb612a0a58 R08: ffffffffaf1d6270 R09: 3a34303a30303030 R10: 34303a303030305b R11: 2078787832616c71 R12: ffff9dfb46b78dd4 R13: ffff9dfb46b78c24 R14: ffff9dfb41525300 R15: ffff9dfb46b78da8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9dfc67c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000018da10004 CR4: 00000000000206f0 Call Trace: qla_nvme_register_remote+0xeb/0x1f0 [qla2xxx] ? qla2x00_dfs_create_rport+0x231/0x270 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_update_fcport+0x2a1/0x3c0 [qla2xxx] qla_register_fcport_fn+0x54/0xc0 [qla2xxx] Exit the qla_nvme_register_remote() function when qla_nvme_register_hba() fails and correctly validate nvme_local_port.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.89%

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

Ubuntu125 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < 549aac9655320c9b245a24271b204668c5d40430 | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < e1f010844443c389bc552884ac5cfa47de34d54c | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < a3ab508a4853a9f5ae25a7816a4889f09938f63c | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < cde43031df533751b4ead37d173922feee2f550f | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < 7cec2c3bfe84539c415f5e16f989228eba1d2f1e | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < f6be298cc1042f24d521197af29c7c4eb95af4d5 | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < 3eac973eb5cb2b874b3918f924798afc5affd46b | ≥ 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f, < eb1d4ce2609584eeb7694866f34d4b213caa3af9 | 4.19
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.103 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.3-1

3 vendors · 128 products

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