CVE-2024-38571

low-risk
Published 2024-06-19

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference compute_intercept_slope() is called from calibrate_8960() (in tsens-8960.c) as compute_intercept_slope(priv, p1, NULL, ONE_PT_CALIB) which lead to null pointer dereference (if DEBUG or DYNAMIC_DEBUG set). Fix this bug by adding null pointer check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (12)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06d17744b77bc6cb29a6c785f4fad8c4163ee653
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c731386ed82053c2759b6fea1a82ae946e5e0f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27600e0c5272a262b0903e35ae1df37d33c5c1ad
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d5ca6e4a2872e92a32fdfd87e04dd7d3ced7278
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d998ddc86a27c92140b9f7984ff41e3d1d07a48f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcf5f1b5f308f2eb422f6aca55d295b25890906b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06d17744b77bc6cb29a6c785f4fad8c4163ee653
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c731386ed82053c2759b6fea1a82ae946e5e0f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27600e0c5272a262b0903e35ae1df37d33c5c1ad
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d5ca6e4a2872e92a32fdfd87e04dd7d3ced7278
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d998ddc86a27c92140b9f7984ff41e3d1d07a48f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcf5f1b5f308f2eb422f6aca55d295b25890906b
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal