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CVE-2024-53205phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% 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: phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe In rtk_usb2phy_probe() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 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)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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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 134e6d25f6bd06071e5aac0a7eefcea6f7713955 – < 7e2cde1813418b39b5e95d86e10d6701dccf18af
- affected 134e6d25f6bd06071e5aac0a7eefcea6f7713955 – < 7a784bcdd7e54f0599da3b2360e472238412623e
- affected eeda494542e55b603c7b80e14bfc5ee4ab7f9814 – < 0b398b6b6c94315fd2ce3658e3cee96539dbd7b7
- affected eeda494542e55b603c7b80e14bfc5ee4ab7f9814 – < fb83c9a08324e37f321ffb400809aa4310387d65
- affected eeda494542e55b603c7b80e14bfc5ee4ab7f9814 – < 04e3e9188291a183b27306ddb833722c0d083d6a
- affected 6.6
- affected 6.9
- unaffected < 6.6
- unaffected 6.6.4 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.7 – < 6.9
- unaffected 6.11.11 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12.2 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2cde1813418b39b5e95d86e10d6701dccf18af (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a784bcdd7e54f0599da3b2360e472238412623e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b398b6b6c94315fd2ce3658e3cee96539dbd7b7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb83c9a08324e37f321ffb400809aa4310387d65 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e3e9188291a183b27306ddb833722c0d083d6a (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-2024-51877 (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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