CVE-2024-40928

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference). Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.4%
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 (15)
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.6linux
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 - 0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
Linux/Linux 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 - 6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
Linux/Linux 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 - 92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.6.35 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.9.6 - 6.9.*
... and 5 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026