5.5

CVE-2024-58020: HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58020DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58020
Published 27-02-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-58020 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 52 · Related 50
DLA-4102-1DLA-4178-1RHSA-2025:20095SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu133 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-216.236 | < 5.15.0-140.150 | < 6.8.0-78.78
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1146.156 | < 5.15.0-1084.91 | < 6.8.0-1035.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ df7ca43fe090e1a56c216c8ebc106ef5fd49afc6, < a04d96ef67a42165f93194eef22a270acba4b74c | ≥ 15ec7cb55e7d88755aa01d44a7a1015a42bfce86, < a6bfd3856e9f3da083f177753c623d58ba935e0a | ≥ dde88ab4e45beb60b217026207aa9c14c88d71ab, < 2052b44cd0a62b6fdbe3371e5ba6029c56c400ca | ≥ 2763732ec1e68910719c75b6b896e11b6d3d622b, < 4e7113f591163d99adc7cbcd7295030c8c5d3fc7 | ≥ 4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2, < 62f8bf06262b6fc55c58f4c5256140f1382f3b01 | ≥ 4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2, < aa879ef6d3acf96fa2c7122d0632061d4ea58d48 | ≥ 4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2, < 97c09cc2e72769edb6994b531edcfa313b96bade | ≥ 4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2, < 9b8e2220d3a052a690b1d1b23019673e612494c5 | ac0d389402a6ff9ad92cea02c2d8c711483b91ab | 39c70c19456e50dcb3abfe53539220dff0490f1d | 1d7833db9fd118415dace2ca157bfa603dec9c8c | b70ac7849248ec8128fa12f86e3655ba38838f29 | ≥ 5.4.257, < 5.4.291 | ≥ 5.10.195, < 5.10.235 | ≥ 5.15.132, < 5.15.179 | ≥ 6.1.53, < 6.1.129 | ≥ 4.14.326, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.295, < 4.20 | ≥ 6.4.16, < 6.5 | ≥ 6.5.3, < 6.6 | 6.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.14.326, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.295, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.4.257, < 5.5 | ≥ 5.10.195, < 5.11 | ≥ 5.15.132, < 5.16 | ≥ 6.1.53, < 6.1.129 | ≥ 6.4.16, < 6.5 | ≥ 6.5.3, < 6.6.79 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.16 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.4 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.129-1 | < 6.12.16-1

3 vendors · 136 products

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