{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2024-06-19T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference",
    "id" : "2293420",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293420"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ncppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference\ncppc_cpufreq_get_rate() and hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() can be called from\ndifferent places with various parameters. So cpufreq_cpu_get() can return\nnull as 'policy' in some circumstances.\nFix this bug by adding null return check.\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.", "A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() in the Linux kernel. This issue may result in a crash." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-08-08T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:5102",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-08-08T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:5101",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6993",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6997",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6997",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-18T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6744",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-18T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6745",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38573\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38573\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061957-CVE-2024-38573-d4b6@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-38573",
  "csaw" : false
}