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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-38593 json

net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the frame for lan8841

published 2024-06-19 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37456

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the frame for lan8841

The blamed commit started to use the ptp workqueue to get the second part of the timestamp. And when the port was set down, then this workqueue is stopped. But if the config option NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING is not enabled, then the ptp_clock is not initialized so then it would crash when it would try to access the delayed work. So then basically by setting up and then down the port, it would crash. The fix consists in checking if the ptp_clock is initialized and only then cancel the delayed work.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38593

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1013.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1012.13
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.11
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1010.10
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1012.14
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1009.10
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-40.40.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38593

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:4583

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 9 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:4583

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:4583

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-38593 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the frame for lan8841

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +28 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4583
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
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References

Sources

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