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CVE-2024-38550: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7c, 5.14, 5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7c, 5.14, 5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference In kirkwood_dma_hw_params() mv_mbus_dram_info() returns NULL if CONFIG_PLAT_ORION macro is not defined. Fix this bug by adding NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

MediumCVSS 4.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.13.12 and later · before 5.15.161
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.93
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.33
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.8.12
  • linux linux kernel6.9 and later · before 6.9.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 145951900b763dc32bf31bd770f3f036a8348424, 5.14affected
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before d48d0c5fd733bd6d8d3ddb2ed553777ab4724169affected · git
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before de9987cec6fde1dd41dfcb971433e05945852489affected · git
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before 1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7caffected · git
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before 5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6affected · git
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before 802b49e39da669b54bd9b77dc3c649999a446bf6affected · git
    • bb6a40fc5a830cae45ddd5cd6cfa151b008522ed and later · before ea60ab95723f5738e7737b56dda95e6feefa5b50affected · git
    • 5.13.12 and later · before 5.14affected · semver
    • before 5.14not affected · semver
    • 5.15.161 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.94-16.1.94-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.8.12-16.8.12-1

Same product

linux: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38548Jun 19, 2024 · drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38549Jun 19, 2024 · drm/mediatek: Add 0 size check to mtk_drm_gem_obj
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-38551Jun 19, 2024 · ASoC: mediatek: Assign dummy when codec not specified for a DAI link
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.14Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux802b49e39da669b54bd9b77dc3c649999a446bf6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd48d0c5fd733bd6d8d3ddb2ed553777ab4724169Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxde9987cec6fde1dd41dfcb971433e05945852489Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxea60ab95723f5738e7737b56dda95e6feefa5b50Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.94-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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