CVE-2024-40928

MEDIUM EPSS 13.5%
Published Jul 12, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 12, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.35
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.9.6
linuxlinux_kernel6.10any
linuxlinux_kernel6.10any

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1
    Patch