What is CVE-2024-42275?

CVE-2024-42275 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824). CVE-2024-42275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42275?

CVE-2024-42275 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-2024-42275?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42275. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-42275 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/824.html

CVE-2024-42275

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: Fix error code in drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() This function accidentally returns zero/success on the failure path. It leads to locking issues and an uninitialized *map_copy in the caller.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

Last modified 2025-09-29

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-824

CVE-2024-42275 is a Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42275 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/b5fbf924f125ba3638cfdc21c0515eb7e76264ca
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0f412961653237f52e2f16ee8747fb330bcf074
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42275

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-17

Modified 2025-09-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42275?

CVE-2024-42275 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824) . CVE-2024-42275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42275?

CVE-2024-42275 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-2024-42275?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42275. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-42275 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-42275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. View CWE-824 on MITRE CWE →