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CVE-2024-27051 json

cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-24313

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value

cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return 0 in case of error.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.85-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.7.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27051

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-200.220
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-112.122
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-35.35
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1135.145
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1063.69
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1009.9
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1139.148
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1062.70

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27051

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2025:0035-1SUSE-SU-2024:4367-1SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1

  • hyperv-daemons Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.29.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-40328

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2024-27051 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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