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CVE-2024-38584: net: ti: icssg_prueth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in prueth_probe()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ti: icssg_prueth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in prueth_probe() In the prueth_probe() function, if one of the calls to emac_phy_connect() fails due to of_phy_connect() returning NULL, then the subsequent call to phy_attached_info() will dereference a NULL pointer. Check the return code of emac_phy_connect and fail cleanly if there is an error.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.6 before 6.6.33; from 6.7 before 6.8.12; from 6.9 before 6.9.3 — fixed in 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e1d5bd7f4682e6925dd960aba2a1aa1d93da53a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd17f0e74cb99d209945b9f1f06d411aa667eb1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a82ebabbdc4c307f781bb0e5cd617949a3900d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31c7e78086127a7fcaa761e8d336ee855a920c6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e1d5bd7f4682e6925dd960aba2a1aa1d93da53a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd17f0e74cb99d209945b9f1f06d411aa667eb1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a82ebabbdc4c307f781bb0e5cd617949a3900d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31c7e78086127a7fcaa761e8d336ee855a920c6

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