CVE-2024-35891
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet. Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-35891
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35891.html
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.85-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.8.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.8.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.8.9-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.