CVE-2024-38545

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 16.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-06-19 13:35Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:32Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-06-18

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

593950f3d2041933cca0840f65de329bce0b3af95cbd317c07dcd9f3110d93c1

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330c825e66ef65278e4ebe57fd49c1d6f3f4e34e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/763780ef0336a973e933e40e919339381732dcaf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63da190eeb5c9d849b71f457b15b308c94cbaf08
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39d26cf46306bdc7ae809ecfdbfeff5aa1098911
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a7559dc1358a8d300437e99ed8ecdab0671507
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a942ec2745ca864cd8512142100e4027dc306a42