5.5

CVE-2024-43894: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43894DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43894
Published 26-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43894 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 12.9% 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 28 · Related 24
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe In drm_client_modeset_probe(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to modeset->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

0.23%

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

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≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < 24ddda932c43ffe156c7f3c568bed85131c63ae6 | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < 5291d4f73452c91e8a11f71207617e3e234d418e | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < c763dfe09425152b6bb0e348900a637c62c2ce52 | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < d64847c383100423aecb6ac5f18be5f4316d9d62 | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < d64fc94f7bb24fc2be0d6bd5df8df926da461a6d | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < 612cae53e99ce32a58cb821b3b67199eb6e92dff | ≥ cf13909aee054f5aa667d4b9da0ac7df4f6c1327, < 113fd6372a5bb3689aba8ef5b8a265ed1529a78f | 5.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.3, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.105 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.46 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.5 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.6-1

3 vendors · 128 products

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