Is CVE-2024-57944 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-57944 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-57944?

CVE-2024-57944 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-57944?

CVE-2024-57944 has an EPSS score of 0.17% (7th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57944?

Upgrade linux on debian 13 to 6.12.10-1 or later. Fixes are available for 15 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-57944

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add NULL check in ads1298_init devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure. A check on the return value of such a call in ads1298_init() is missing. Add it.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.12.10-1CVE-2024-57944

linux-hwe-6.11Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1

linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1

linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1

linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1

linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1

linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1

linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1

linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1

linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1

linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1

linux-oem-6.11Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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