5.5

CVE-2024-56579: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56579DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56579
Published 27-12-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56579 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.4% 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
0.24%
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 21 · Related 22
DLA-4076-1SUSE-SU-2025:0784-1SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1SUSE-SU-2025:0955-1SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: amphion: Set video drvdata before register video device The video drvdata should be set before the video device is registered, otherwise video_drvdata() may return NULL in the open() file ops, and led to oops.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

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
0.24%

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

Ubuntu105 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3cd084519c6f91cbef9d604bcf26844fa81d4922, < cfe96c7c3382293179e291f66644d789e39e99f3 | ≥ 3cd084519c6f91cbef9d604bcf26844fa81d4922, < 988cc10ddbdee0369fe1f193d389da38ad760492 | ≥ 3cd084519c6f91cbef9d604bcf26844fa81d4922, < 182b9edc02c4cbb6fe6b97105c23c7047a3340d2 | ≥ 3cd084519c6f91cbef9d604bcf26844fa81d4922, < 8cbb1a7bd5973b57898b26eb804fe44af440bb63 | 5.18
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.18, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.64 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.5-1

3 vendors · 108 products

References

24 links
Show all 24 references