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CVE-2024-40964

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-40964 describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the ALSA HDA driver for the cs35l41 codec within the Linux kernel. This flaw occurs in the cs35l41_hda_unbind() function when the device index is 0, leading to an attempt to dereference an invalid codec pointer. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to achieve a high impact on availability (A:H), potentially causing system crashes. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.6, < 6.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.9.7CPE 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
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 77th 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-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
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 (1)

redhatCVE-2024-40964Low

kernel: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Possible null pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_unbind()

Jul 12, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/19be722369c347f3af1c5848e303980ed040b819
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6386682cdc8b41319c92fbbe421953e33a28840c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ff27bd8e17884f7cdefecb3f3817caadd6813dc0
Patch