5.5

CVE-2024-50070: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50070DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50070
Published 29-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50070 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 (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 14 · Related 16
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1USN-7310-1USN-7383-1USN-7383-2USN-7384-1

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: stm32: 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

3 scores · 3 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≥ 75285cb2b49a9bfe15fc22aecab45ef25d50e6f2, < a8d52de0a6c6b091b2771bcb98ce408cf9d69fe3 | ≥ 32c170ff15b044579b1f8b8cdabf543406dde9da, < 3b36bb1fca2b87f6292ca2a8593f297c5e9fab41 | ≥ 32c170ff15b044579b1f8b8cdabf543406dde9da, < 1f266957ae1207b0717c2d69096bc70654ae9fcb | ≥ 32c170ff15b044579b1f8b8cdabf543406dde9da, < b0f0e3f0552a566def55c844b0d44250c58e4df6 | 6.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.6, < 6.6.58 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.5 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.11.5-1

3 vendors · 106 products

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