3.3

CVE-2024-50057: linux Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

CVSS: 3.3v3.1LowAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50057DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50057
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50057 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
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 17 · Related 16

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: usb: typec: tipd: Free IRQ only if it was requested before In polling mode, if no IRQ was requested there is no need to free it. Call devm_free_irq() only if client->irq is set. This fixes the warning caused by the tps6598x module removal: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 333 at kernel/irq/devres.c:144 devm_free_irq+0x80/0x8c ... ... Call trace: devm_free_irq+0x80/0x8c tps6598x_remove+0x28/0x88 [tps6598x] i2c_device_remove+0x2c/0x9c device_remove+0x4c/0x80 device_release_driver_internal+0x1cc/0x228 driver_detach+0x50/0x98 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 i2c_del_driver+0x54/0x64 tps6598x_i2c_driver_exit+0x18/0xc3c [tps6598x] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x184/0x264 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0x20/0x2c el0_svc+0x28/0x98 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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

Ubuntu134 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≥ 0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18, < b72bf5cade51ba4055c8a8998d275e72e6b521ce | ≥ 0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18, < 4d4b23c119542fbaed2a16794d3801cb4806ea02 | ≥ 0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18, < db63d9868f7f310de44ba7bea584e2454f8b4ed0 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.57 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.4
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 137 products

References

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