CVE-2024-38637: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240301190425.120605-1-m.lobanov@rosalinux.ru

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.9, before 4.19.316 (fixed in 4.19.316); from 4.20, before 5.4.278 (fixed in 5.4.278); from 5.5, before 5.10.219 (fixed in 5.10.219); from 5.11, before 5.15.161 (fixed in 5.15.161); from 5.16, before 6.1.93 (fixed in 6.1.93); from 6.2, before 6.6.33 (fixed in 6.6.33); …

Published 2024-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.