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CVE-2024-38611: media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • 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: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36, 43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9, 545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfce.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36, 43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9, 545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfce 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: media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin Using __exit for the remove function results in the remove callback being discarded with CONFIG_VIDEO_ET8EK8=y. When such a device gets unbound (e.g. using sysfs or hotplug), the driver is just removed without the cleanup being performed. This results in resource leaks. Fix it by compiling in the remove callback unconditionally. This also fixes a W=1 modpost warning: WARNING: modpost: drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8: section mismatch in reference: et8ek8_i2c_driver+0x10 (section: .data) -> et8ek8_remove (section: .exit.text)

Published
Jun 19, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 13th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 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.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.3
1.8 point gap

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

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Affected systems

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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

    • 4.11affected
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before 963523600d9f1e36bc35ba774c2493d6baa4dd8faffected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before ece3fc1c10197052044048bea4f13cfdcf25b416affected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before 04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36affected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before c1a3803e5bb91c13e9ad582003e4288f67f06cd9affected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before 43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9affected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before 904db2ba44ae60641b6378c5013254d09acf5e80affected · git
    • c5254e72b8edc2ca0a98703e92e8c34959343d2c and later · before 545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfceaffected · git
    • before 4.11not affected · semver
    • 5.10.236 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (6)

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

  • linux linux kernel4.11 and later · before 5.10.236
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.180
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.133
  • 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

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:11linux-6.1before 6.1.137-1~deb11u16.1.137-1~deb11u1
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.133-16.1.133-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.8.12-16.8.12-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38609Jun 19, 2024 · wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38610Jun 19, 2024 · drivers/virt/acrn: fix PFNMAP PTE checks in acrn_vm_ram_map()
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-38613Jun 19, 2024 · m68k: Fix spinlock race in kernel thread creation
    18Monitor

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 Linux04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfceVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux904db2ba44ae60641b6378c5013254d09acf5e80Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux963523600d9f1e36bc35ba774c2493d6baa4dd8fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc1a3803e5bb91c13e9ad582003e4288f67f06cd9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxece3fc1c10197052044048bea4f13cfdcf25b416Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.133-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.16.1.137-1~deb11u1 · Debian:11Package 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.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • 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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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