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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-38615 json

cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

published 2024-06-19 2 y ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2024-37478

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

The exit() callback is optional and shouldn't be called without checking a valid pointer first.

Also, we must clear freq_table pointer even if the exit() callback isn't present.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P V3.1
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family V3.1
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1.1
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.94-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38615

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-192.212
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-121.131
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1130.140
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1069.75
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1013.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1134.143
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1068.76

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38615

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:6993RHSA-2024:5102RHSA-2024:5101RHSA-2024:6997RHSA-2024:6745RHSA-2024:6744

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 9 7.3.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:6997ALSA-2024:5101ALSA-2024:5102

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:5101RLSA-2024:5102RLSA-2024:5101

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-2024-38615 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more 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 available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6993
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6744
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6744
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6997
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6993
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6744
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6745
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) kernel-doc 5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-102-01 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-15 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) < 3.1 Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family < 3.1
    affected: fixed in V3.1 support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
    not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 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
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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