ghsa-r4w6-xfp9-ggj2
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-07-12 15:31
Modified
2025-02-03 18:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-40928"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:15Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()\n\nClang static checker (scan-build) warning:\nnet/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2\nCalled function pointer is null (null dereference).\n\nReturn \u0027-EOPNOTSUPP\u0027 when \u0027ops-\u003eget_ethtool_phy_stats\u0027 is NULL to fix\nthis typo error.",
  "id": "GHSA-r4w6-xfp9-ggj2",
  "modified": "2025-02-03T18:30:37Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:28Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40928"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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