CVE-2024-38637

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

21/06/2024

Last modified:

04/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240301190425.120605-1-m.lobanov@rosalinux.ru

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.9 (including)	4.19.316 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.278 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.219 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.161 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.93 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.9.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-38637

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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