CVE-2024-39485

low-risk
Published 2024-07-05

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l: async: Properly re-initialise notifier entry in unregister The notifier_entry of a notifier is not re-initialised after unregistering the notifier. This leads to dangling pointers being left there so use list_del_init() to return the notifier_entry an empty list.

Do I need to act?

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0.03% 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 (2)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (6)

Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa6cd4adfc0380fa1ccc2f146848940ff882a66
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87100b09246202a91fce4a1562955c32229173bb
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9537a8425a7a0222999d5839a0b394b1e8834b4a
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa6cd4adfc0380fa1ccc2f146848940ff882a66
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87100b09246202a91fce4a1562955c32229173bb
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9537a8425a7a0222999d5839a0b394b1e8834b4a
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low