5.5

CVE-2024-44960: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44960DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44960
Published 04-09-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-44960 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.9% 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
0.24%
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 27 · Related 22
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310RHSA-2024:9315SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: core: Check for unset descriptor Make sure the descriptor has been set before looking at maxpacket. This fixes a null pointer panic in this case. This may happen if the gadget doesn't properly set up the endpoint for the current speed, or the gadget descriptors are malformed and the descriptor for the speed/endpoint are not found. No current gadget driver is known to have this problem, but this may cause a hard-to-find bug during development of new gadgets.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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) | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 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≥ d1c188d330ca33cc35d1590441ba276f31144299, < ba15815dd24cc5ec0d23e2170dc58c7db1e03b4a | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < df8e734ae5e605348aa0ca2498aedb73e815f244 | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < 7cc9ebcfe58be22f18056ad8bc6272d120bdcb3e | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < 50c5248b0ea8aae0529fdf28dac42a41312d3b62 | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < a0362cd6e503278add954123957fd47990e8d9bf | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < 1a9df57d57452b104c46c918569143cf21d7ebf1 | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < 716cba46f73a92645cf13eded8d257ed48afc2a4 | ≥ 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, < 973a57891608a98e894db2887f278777f564de18 | d7e3f2fe01372eb914d0e451f0e7a46cbcb98f9e | 85c9ece11264499890d0e9f0dee431ac1bda981c | fc71e39a6c07440e6968227f3db1988f45d7a7b7 | 94f5de2eefae22c449e367c2dacafe869af73e3f | 8212b44b7109bd30dbf7eb7f5ecbbc413757a7d7 | ≥ 4.19.82, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 3.16.80, < 3.17 | ≥ 4.4.199, < 4.5 | ≥ 4.9.199, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.152, < 4.15 | ≥ 5.3.9, < 5.4 | 5.4
  • linux_kernel< 3.16.80 | ≥ 3.17, < 4.4.199 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.199 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.152 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.3.9 | ≥ 5.4, < 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 · 132 products

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