CVE-2024-38584

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference 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. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is resolved by checking the return code of emac phy connect() and failing cleanly if there is an error.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.