What is CVE-2024-38549?

CVE-2024-38549 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.7 onward and patched in 4.19.316, 5.4.278, 5.10.219 and others. CVE-2024-38549 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38549?

CVE-2024-38549 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38549?

Yes, CVE-2024-38549 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.316, 5.4.278, 5.10.219 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-38549 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-38549 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-38549

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Add 0 size check to mtk_drm_gem_obj Add a check to mtk_drm_gem_init if we attempt to allocate a GEM object of 0 bytes. Currently, no such check exists and the kernel will panic if a userspace application attempts to allocate a 0x0 GBM buffer. Tested by attempting to allocate a 0x0 GBM buffer on an MT8188 and verifying that we now return EINVAL.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2025-11-04

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.316, 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.7

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.316 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.278 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.219 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.161 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.93 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/0e3b6f9123726858cac299e1654e3d20424cabe4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13562c2d48c9ee330de1077d00146742be368f05

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e4350095e8ab2577ee05f8c3b044e661b5af9a0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79078880795478d551a05acc41f957700030d364

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9489951e3ae505534c4013db4e76b1b5a3151ac7

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-38549

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2025-11-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38549?

CVE-2024-38549 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.7 onward and has been patched in 4.19.316, 5.4.278, 5.10.219 and others. CVE-2024-38549 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38549?

CVE-2024-38549 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38549?

Yes. CVE-2024-38549 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.316, 5.4.278, 5.10.219 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-38549 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-38549 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.