CVE-2024-40928net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% 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: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference). Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months 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)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected c882f2178f22f3740e20a6bd6b8df1c0500301bf – < 25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e
- affected 72d1c4a07780e24827c29bad203a1167d67181ed – < c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa
- affected 981c6e178cf333ac9568665e6d786f795f5cb3ad – < f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8
- affected 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 – < 6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
- affected 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 – < 92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1
- affected 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27 – < 0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
- affected 6.2
- unaffected < 6.2
- unaffected 6.6.35 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.9.6 – ≤ 6.9.*
- unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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-2024-38739 (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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