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CVE-2024-38615cpufreq: exit() callback is optional
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: exit() callback is optional The exit() callback is optional and shouldn't be called without checking a valid pointer first. Also, we must clear freq_table pointer even if the exit() callback isn't present.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < 2d730b465e377396d2a09a53524b96b111f7ccb6
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < dfc56ff5ec9904c008e9376d90a6d7e2d2bec4d3
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < 35db5e76d5e9f752476df5fa0b9018a2398b0378
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < 8bc9546805e572ad101681437a49939f28777273
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < 3e99f060cfd2e36504d62c9132b453ade5027e1c
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < ae37ebca325097d773d7bb6ec069123b30772872
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < a8204d1b6ff762d2171d365c2c8560285d0a233d
- affected 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa – < b8f85833c05730d631576008daaa34096bc7f3ce
- affected 5.1
- unaffected < 5.1
- unaffected 5.4.278 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.219 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.161 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.93 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.33 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.8.12 – ≤ 6.8.*
- unaffected 6.9.3 – ≤ 6.9.*
- unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d730b465e377396d2a09a53524b96b111f7ccb6 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfc56ff5ec9904c008e9376d90a6d7e2d2bec4d3 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35db5e76d5e9f752476df5fa0b9018a2398b0378 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc9546805e572ad101681437a49939f28777273 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e99f060cfd2e36504d62c9132b453ade5027e1c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae37ebca325097d773d7bb6ec069123b30772872 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8204d1b6ff762d2171d365c2c8560285d0a233d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f85833c05730d631576008daaa34096bc7f3ce (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-37478 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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