CVE-2024-53043 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateMay 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mctp i2c: handle NULL header address
daddr can be NULL if there is no neighbour table entry present,
in that case the tx packet should be dropped.
saddr will usually be set by MCTP core, but check for NULL in case a
packet is transmitted by a different protocol.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages8 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl↗2025-04-23