5.5

CVE-2024-50069: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50069DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50069
Published 29-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50069 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
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 23 · Related 24
DLA-4008-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1

Timeline

  1. 29-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value. Found by code review.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

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

Ubuntu103 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1025.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ a0f160ffcb83de6a04fa75f9e7bdfe969f2863f7, < 0a4d4dbef622ac8796a6665e0080da2685f9220a | ≥ a0f160ffcb83de6a04fa75f9e7bdfe969f2863f7, < fad940e2dd789155f99ecafa71a7baf6f96530bc | ≥ a0f160ffcb83de6a04fa75f9e7bdfe969f2863f7, < 4d2296fb7c80fdc9925d29a8e85d617cad08731a | ≥ a0f160ffcb83de6a04fa75f9e7bdfe969f2863f7, < 665a58fe663ac7a9ea618dc0b29881649324b116 | 5.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.114 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.58 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.5 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.5-1

3 vendors · 106 products

References

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