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HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2024-40928

2024-07-1200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
5
linux kernel
null dereference
vulnerability
ethtool
ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool function

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

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.