CVE-2024-50009

MEDIUM EPSS 13.8%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return in case of error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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
13.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.11.3

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd9f7bf6cad8b2d3876105ce3c9fc63460a046f6

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb
    Patch