CVE-2024-40973

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.7%
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 (14)
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 6.1.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.7linux
Linux/Linux < 4.10
Linux/Linux 4.10
Linux/Linux 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc - 3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b
Linux/Linux 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc - 53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b
Linux/Linux 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc - eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f
Linux/Linux 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc - f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354
Linux/Linux 6.1.130 - 6.1.*
... and 4 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026