5.5

CVE-2024-42310: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42310DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42310
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42310 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.7% 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
0.23%
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 35 · Related 31
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. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gma500: fix null pointer dereference in cdv_intel_lvds_get_modes In cdv_intel_lvds_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a 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

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

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) | < 4.4.0-261.295 | < 4.15.0-231.243 | < 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< 4.4.0-1138.144 | < 4.4.0-1176.191 | < 4.15.0-1175.188 | < 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≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < f392c36cebf4c1d6997a4cc2c0f205254acef42a | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < a658ae2173ab74667c009e2550455e6de5b33ddc | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < b6ac46a00188cde50ffba233e6efb366354a1de5 | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < 08f45102c81ad8bc9f85f7a25e9f64e128edb87d | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < e74eb5e8089427c8c49e0dd5067e5f39ce3a4d56 | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < 2d209b2f862f6b8bff549ede541590a8d119da23 | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < 977ee4fe895e1729cd36cc26916bbb10084713d6 | ≥ 6a227d5fd6c4abe6a9226a40f6981825e9da5fbe, < cb520c3f366c77e8d69e4e2e2781a8ce48d98e79 | 3.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.3, < 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 · 132 products

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