What is CVE-2024-40933?

CVE-2024-40933 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-40933 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40933?

CVE-2024-40933 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-2024-40933?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-40933. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-40933 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-40933 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-40933

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe() When devm_regmap_init_i2c() fails, regmap_ee could be error pointer, instead of checking for IS_ERR(regmap_ee), regmap is checked which looks like a copy paste error.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-12

Last modified 2025-02-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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-754

CVE-2024-40933 is classified as CWE-754

See CWE-754 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-40933 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-40933

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-12

Modified 2025-02-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40933?

CVE-2024-40933 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-40933 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40933?

CVE-2024-40933 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-2024-40933?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-40933. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-40933 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-40933 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.