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CVE-2024-40933

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-40933 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the mlx90635 temperature sensor driver. It involves an incorrect error pointer check during device initialization, which could lead to a system crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could result in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.8, < 6.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
11.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 51st 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-40933Low

kernel: iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe()

Jul 12, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d
Patch