PT-2024-29143 · Linux+7 · Linux Kernel+7
Published
2024-06-05
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Updated
2026-01-11
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CVE-2024-40928
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A null pointer dereference issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the ethtool get phy stats ethtool() function. This issue arises when the 'ops->get ethtool phy stats' pointer is null. To address this, the function now returns '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get ethtool phy stats' is NULL, thus fixing the error condition. The Clang static checker (scan-build) warned about this null dereference at net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu