PT-2024-6039 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Zhipeng Lu

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Published

2024-04-11

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-38547

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV: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 The issue is related to a null-pointer dereference in the load video binaries() function of the ssh css component in the Linux kernel. This occurs after the allocation failure of mycs->yuv scaler binary and is followed by a dereference of mycs->yuv scaler binary through a specific call chain involving sh css pipe load binaries(), load video binaries(), sh css pipe unload binaries(), and unload video binaries(). The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service.
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

ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-11524
ALT-PU-2024-13979
ALT-PU-2024-14046
ALT-PU-2024-17597
BDU:2024-06859
CVE-2024-38547
DSA-5730-1
MGASA-2024-0263
MGASA-2024-0266
OESA-2024-1838
OESA-2024-1839
OESA-2025-1078
OESA-2025-1081
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2372-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2394-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
USN-6949-1
USN-6949-2
USN-6952-1
USN-6952-2
USN-6955-1
USN-7007-1
USN-7007-2
USN-7007-3
USN-7009-1
USN-7009-2
USN-7019-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu