CVE-2024-58051
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: Add check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked.
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: ipmi: ipmb: Add check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked.
- 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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a8a17c5ce9cb5a82797602bff9819ac732d2ff5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2378bd0b264ad3a1f76bd957caf33ee0c7945351Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312a6445036d692bc5665307eeafa4508c33c4b5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c9caf86d04dcb10e9fd8cd9db8eb79b5bfcc4d8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63284d415d4d114abd8be6e66a9558f3ca0702dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac520350546e736894d14e051b64a9edb3600cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e529fbcf1f35f5fc3c839df7f06c3e3d02579715Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb288ab33fd87579789cb331209ff09e988ff4f7Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.