VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-39470
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-06-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events() In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL. Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference