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CVE-2024-53230cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cppc_get_cpu_cost()
- 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: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cppc_get_cpu_cost() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference, so check NULL for cppc_get_cpu_cost().
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 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 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae – < 1975b481f644f8f841d9c188e3c214fce187f18b
- affected 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae – < f05ef81db63889f6f14eb77fd140dac6cedb6f7f
- affected 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae – < afd22d9839359829776abb55cc9bc4946e888704
- affected 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae – < 6be57617a38b3f33266acecdb3c063c1c079aaf7
- affected 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae – < 1a1374bb8c5926674973d849feed500bc61ad535
- affected 5.19
- unaffected < 5.19
- unaffected 6.1.120 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.64 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.11.11 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12.2 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1975b481f644f8f841d9c188e3c214fce187f18b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f05ef81db63889f6f14eb77fd140dac6cedb6f7f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd22d9839359829776abb55cc9bc4946e888704 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6be57617a38b3f33266acecdb3c063c1c079aaf7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1374bb8c5926674973d849feed500bc61ad535 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.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-2024-51902 (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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