What is CVE-2024-38541?

CVE-2024-38541 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.14 onward and patched in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.182 and others. CVE-2024-38541 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38541?

CVE-2024-38541 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38541?

Yes, CVE-2024-38541 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.182 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-38541 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-38541 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-38541

Critical

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() In of_modalias(), if the buffer happens to be too small even for the 1st snprintf() call, the len parameter will become negative and str parameter (if not NULL initially) will point beyond the buffer's end. Add the buffer overflow check after the 1st snprintf() call and fix such check after the strlen() call (accounting for the terminating NUL char).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

9.8

out of 10

Critical

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2024-38541 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.182, 6.1.136, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.294 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.238 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.182 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.136 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.33 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.12 6.8.x ✓ 6.9.3 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0d5701a8bf02f8fee037e81aacf6746558bfd6

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46795440ef2b4ac919d09310a69a404c5bc90a88

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d59fd637a8af42b211a92b2edb2474325b4d488

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733e62786bdf1b2b9dbb09ba2246313306503414

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f24b7d94549ff4623e8f41ea4d9f5319bd8ac8

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-38541

Severity Critical

CVSS score 9.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38541?

CVE-2024-38541 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.14 onward and has been patched in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.182 and others. CVE-2024-38541 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38541?

CVE-2024-38541 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38541?

Yes. CVE-2024-38541 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.182 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-38541 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-38541 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.