7.5

CVE-2024-53120: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53120DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53120
Published 02-12-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53120 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.66%
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 36 · Related 34
DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0392MGASA-2024-0393RHSA-2025:6966SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1SUSE-SU-2025:0153-1

Timeline

  1. 02-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow In error flow of mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(), in case ct_rule_add() callback returns error, zone_rule->attr is used uninitiated. Fix it to use attr which has the needed pointer value. Kernel log: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110 RIP: 0010:mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] … Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x20/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x140 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5_core] ? nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table] nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table] flow_offload_work_handler+0x142/0x320 [nf_flow_table] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0 process_one_work+0x16c/0x320 worker_thread+0x28c/0x3a0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xb8/0xf0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

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

Ubuntu122 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7fac5c2eced36f335ee19ff316bd3182fbeda823, < 882f392d9e3649557e71efd78ae20c86039ffb7c | ≥ 7fac5c2eced36f335ee19ff316bd3182fbeda823, < 0c7c70ff8b696cfedba350411dca736361ef9a0f | ≥ 7fac5c2eced36f335ee19ff316bd3182fbeda823, < 06dc488a593020bd2f006798557d2a32104d8359 | ≥ 7fac5c2eced36f335ee19ff316bd3182fbeda823, < 6030f8bd7902e9e276a0edc09bf11979e4e2bc2e | ≥ 7fac5c2eced36f335ee19ff316bd3182fbeda823, < e99c6873229fe0482e7ceb7d5600e32d623ed9d9 | 5.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 6.1.119 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.63 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.10 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5 | 6.12:rc6 | 6.12:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.10-1

3 vendors · 125 products

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