CVE-2024-24855

medium

Published 2024-02-05 · Modified 2026-05-12

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CVSS v3

4.7

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's scsi device driver in lpfc_unregister_fcf_rescan() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.133-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.5.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.5.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.5.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`6.1.137-1~deb11u1`
linux-kernel		affected
linux-kernel	2.6.34	affected
linux-kernel	6.5	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-362 CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.