CVE-2024-40928

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= c882f2178f22f3740e20a6bd6b8df1c0500301bf, < 25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e; >= 72d1c4a07780e24827c29bad203a1167d67181ed, < c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa; >= 981c6e178cf333ac9568665e6d786f795f5cb3ad, < f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8; >= 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22; >= 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1; >= 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
LinuxLinux6.2

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-40928: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix