CVE-2024-40928
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference). Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.