What is CVE-2024-38575?

CVE-2024-38575 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.30 onward and patched in 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12 and others. CVE-2024-38575 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38575?

CVE-2024-38575 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-2024-38575?

Yes, CVE-2024-38575 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.30 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-38575 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-38575 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2024-38575

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: pcie: handle randbuf allocation failure The kzalloc() in brcmf_pcie_download_fw_nvram() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we use get_random_bytes() to generate random bytes in the randbuf, the null pointer dereference bug will happen. In order to prevent allocation failure, this patch adds a separate function using buffer on kernel stack to generate random bytes in the randbuf, which could prevent the kernel stack from overflow.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2025-01-31

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

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2024-38575 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.30, 6.3.4, 6.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.30 ≥ 6.3.4 ≥ 6.4

Fixed in

✓ 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

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eb2c0528e232b3c32cde9d5e1c9f80ba2996e49

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/316f790ebcf94bdf59f794b7cdea4068dc676d4c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3729ca9e48d19a03ae049e2bde510e161c2f3720

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c15eb344b0d4d3468c9b2a7591ad2b859b29b88

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c37466406f075476c2702ecc01917928af871f3b

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-38575

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2025-01-31

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38575?

CVE-2024-38575 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.30 onward and has been patched in 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12 and others. CVE-2024-38575 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38575?

CVE-2024-38575 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-2024-38575?

Yes. CVE-2024-38575 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.30 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-38575 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-38575 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.