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Vulnerability · Published Jun 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-38571thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference compute_intercept_slope() is called from calibrate_8960() (in tsens-8960.c) as compute_intercept_slope(priv, p1, NULL, ONE_PT_CALIB) which lead to null pointer dereference (if DEBUG or DYNAMIC_DEBUG set). Fix this bug by adding null pointer check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.94-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38571
Debian:13linux6.8.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38571
Debian:14linux6.8.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-40.40UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81USN-7009-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1072.81.1USN-7009-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1072.81.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1011.11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux dfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before 27600e0c5272a262b0903e35ae1df37d33c5c1addfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before 11c731386ed82053c2759b6fea1a82ae946e5e0fdfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before 2d5ca6e4a2872e92a32fdfd87e04dd7d3ced7278dfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before 06d17744b77bc6cb29a6c785f4fad8c4163ee653dfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before fcf5f1b5f308f2eb422f6aca55d295b25890906bdfc1193d4dbd6c3cb68c944413146c940bde290a – before d998ddc86a27c92140b9f7984ff41e3d1d07a48f
Linux Linux 5.13

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