CVE-2024-38571

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference compute_intercept_slope() is called from calibrate_8960() (in tsens-8960.c) as compute_intercept_slope(priv, p1, NULL, ONE_PT_CALIB) which lead to null pointer dereference (if DEBUG or DYNAMIC_DEBUG set). Fix this bug by adding null pointer check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.15.161linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.93linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.33linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.9.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.161 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.93 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.10
... and 10 more
Published Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026