{"id":"CVE-2024-40928","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-40928","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:15.665Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()\n\nClang static checker (scan-build) warning:\nnet/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2\nCalled function pointer is null (null dereference).\n\nReturn '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix\nthis typo error.","published":"2024-07-12T13:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:46:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13428,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40928","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}