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CVE-2024-42282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-42282 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek network driver. This flaw, affecting Linux kernel versions, could lead to a system crash (denial of service) if the dummy net_device allocation fails during driver probing. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.10, < 6.10.3CPE 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
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 46th 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-2024-42282Moderate

kernel: net: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling

Aug 17, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/16f3a28cf5f876a7f3550d8f4c870a7b41bcfaef
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/af6bd5c9901b13a26eaf4d57d97a813297791596
Patch