5.5

CVE-2024-46685: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46685DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46685
Published 13-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46685 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.6% 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
0.26%
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 28
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1SUSE-SU-2024:3559-1

Timeline

  1. 13-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference in pcs_get_function() pinmux_generic_get_function() can return NULL and the pointer 'function' was dereferenced without checking against NULL. Add checking of pointer 'function' in pcs_get_function(). Found by code review.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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

Ubuntu128 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≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 0a2bab5ed161318f57134716accba0a30f3af191 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 2cea369a5c2e85ab14ae716da1d1cc6d25c85e11 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 4e9436375fcc9bd2a60ee96aba6ed53f7a377d10 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 6341c2856785dca7006820b127278058a180c075 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 8f0bd526921b6867c2f10a83cd4fd14139adcd92 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 4ed45fe99ec9e3c9478bd634624cd05a57d002f7 | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 292151af6add3e5ab11b2e9916cffa5f52859a1f | ≥ 571aec4df5b72a80f80d1e524da8fbd7ff525c98, < 1c38a62f15e595346a1106025722869e87ffe044 | 4.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.11, < 4.19.321 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.283 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.225 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.166 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.108 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.49 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.8 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.9-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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