In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071229-CVE-2024-40973-ace1@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40973 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40973 cve-icon
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00047}

 epss

{'score': 0.00049}

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics threat_severity

Moderate

 threat_severity

Low

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-252
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-07-12T12:32:10.763Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:19:07.806Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.603Z

Link: CVE-2024-40973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:39:55.906Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:18.890

Modified: 2025-03-07T18:15:40.783

Link: CVE-2024-40973

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40973 - Bugzilla