5.5

CVE-2024-58021: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58021DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58021
Published 27-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-58021 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 10.5% 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 2 · Related 3
USN-7521-1USN-7521-3USN-7521-2

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

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

Ubuntu83 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 266c990debad2f9589c7a412e897a8e312b09766, < b99dbdee8a89c44d03ae9830ab19f31e124a3f32 | ≥ 266c990debad2f9589c7a412e897a8e312b09766, < 4001f6f79183b8868d80dd2036dfb4ea3d325e8f | ≥ 266c990debad2f9589c7a412e897a8e312b09766, < 45ab5166a82d038c898985b0ad43ead69c1f9573 | 6.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.10, < 6.12.16 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.4 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.16-1

3 vendors · 86 products

References

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