CVE-2024-40928 net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()

What is CVE-2024-40928?

CVE-2024-40928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()

Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference).

Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40928?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-40928?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-40928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-40928, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40928, GHSA-r4w6-xfp9-ggj2, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40928.