CVE-2024-43836

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.10.2 - Null Pointer Dereference in Ethtool PSE-PD Netlink Attribute Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: pse-pd: Fix possible null-deref Fix a possible null dereference when a PSE supports both c33 and PoDL, but only one of the netlink attributes is specified. The c33 or PoDL PSE capabilities are already validated in the ethnl_set_pse_validate() call.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e187690b125a297499eadeec53c32c5ed6d7436a

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cddb0f15ea9c62f81b4889ea69a99368cc63a86

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 7.8%

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 (8)

linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.10.3linux

Linux/Linux < 6.10

Linux/Linux 4d18e3ddf427d93a2895a1c9d61477e1f1726cad - 4cddb0f15ea9c62f81b4889ea69a99368cc63a86

Linux/Linux 4d18e3ddf427d93a2895a1c9d61477e1f1726cad - e187690b125a297499eadeec53c32c5ed6d7436a

Linux/Linux 6.10

Linux/Linux 6.10.3 - 6.10.*

Linux/Linux 6.11

linux/linux_kernel 6.10 - 6.10.3

Published Aug 17, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026