CVE-2024-40928

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

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 13.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2024-07-12 12:25Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 20:22Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-12

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b09d3141cf48f943bdd03f17a2ed44f1dfc764bdec60b6427e70a59b8dc0a0fa

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691