5.5

CVE-2024-45028: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-45028DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45028
Published 11-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-45028 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.2% 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
0.25%
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 25
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: mmc_test: Fix NULL dereference on allocation failure If the "test->highmem = alloc_pages()" allocation fails then calling __free_pages(test->highmem) will result in a NULL dereference. Also change the error code to -ENOMEM instead of returning success.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

Ubuntu124 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≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < e97be13a9f51284da450dd2a592e3fa87b49cdc9 | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < 2b507b03991f44dfb202fc2a82c9874d1b1f0c06 | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < 9b9ba386d7bfdbc38445932c90fa9444c0524bea | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < e40515582141a9e7c84b269be699c05236a499a6 | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < 3b4e76ceae5b5a46c968bd952f551ce173809f63 | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < cac2815f49d343b2f0acc4973d2c14918ac3ab0c | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < ecb15b8ca12c0cbdab81e307e9795214d8b90890 | ≥ 2661081f5ab9cb25359d27f88707a018cf4e68e9, < a1e627af32ed60713941cbfc8075d44cad07f6dd | 2.6.27
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.27, < 4.19.321 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.283 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.225 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.166 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.107 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.48 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.7 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.7-1

3 vendors · 127 products

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