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CVE-2024-35945

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-35945 addresses a null pointer exception in the Linux kernel's network PHY device driver. This vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions, occurs when the interrupt service routine attempts to access an invalid interrupt handler, potentially leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-35945Low

kernel: net: phy: phy_device: Prevent nullptr exceptions on ISR

May 19, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2024-35945

net: phy: phy_device: Prevent nullptr exceptions on ISR

May 14, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/3419ee39e3d3162ab2ec9942bb537613ed5b6311
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/61c81872815f46006982bb80460c0c80a949b35b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7a71f61ebf95cedd3f245db6da397822971d8db5
Patch