What is CVE-2024-42287?

CVE-2024-42287 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.4.240 onward and patched in 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165 and others. CVE-2024-42287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42287?

CVE-2024-42287 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42287?

Yes, CVE-2024-42287 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.240 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42287 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42287 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-2024-42287

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock A crash was observed while performing NPIV and FW reset, BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT_RT SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x51/0x1e0 RSP: 0018:ffffc90026f47b88 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000021 RCX: 0000000000000002 RDX: 0000000000000021 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8881041130d0 RBP: ffff8881041130d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034 R10: ffffc90026f47c48 R11: 0000000000000031 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881565e4a20 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f4c69ed3d00(0000) GS:ffff889faac80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 0000000288a50002 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x16f/0x4a0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x174/0x7f0 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x1a0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x51/0x1e0 ? preempt_count_sub+0x96/0xe0 qla2xxx_qpair_sp_free_dma+0x29f/0x3b0 [qla2xxx] qla2xxx_qpair_sp_compl+0x60/0x80 [qla2xxx] __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0xa2/0x450 [qla2xxx] The command completion was done early while aborting the commands in driver unload path but outside lock to avoid the WARN_ON condition of performing dma_free_attr within the lock. However this caused race condition while command completion via multiple paths causing system crash. Hence complete the command early in unload path but within the lock to avoid race condition.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2024-42287 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 5.4.240, 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.103, 6.6.44, 6.10.3, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.4.240 ≥ 5.10.177 ≥ 5.15.105 ≥ 6.1.22 ≥ 6.2.9 ≥ 6.3

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.282 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.224 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.165 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.103 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.44 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.3 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

9 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314efe3f87949a568f512f05df20bf47b81cf232

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36fdc5319c4d0ec8b8938ec4769764098a246bfb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4475afa2646d3fec176fc4d011d3879b26cb26e3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57ba7563712227647f82a92547e82c96cd350553

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814f4a53cc86f7ea8b501bfb1723f24fd29ef5ee

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42287

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-17

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42287?

CVE-2024-42287 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4.240 onward and has been patched in 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165 and others. CVE-2024-42287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42287?

CVE-2024-42287 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42287?

Yes. CVE-2024-42287 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.240 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42287 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.