5.5

CVE-2024-50009: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50009DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50009
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50009 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 13% 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 26 · Related 27
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1RHSA-2025:6966SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return in case of error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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

Ubuntu123 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1025.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < cd9f7bf6cad8b2d3876105ce3c9fc63460a046f6 | ≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < 5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb | ≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < 5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f | 5.17
  • linux_kernel< 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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