# CVE-2024-50097: net: fec: don't save PTP state if PTP is unsupported

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel FEC driver causes a system crash on platforms without PTP support.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50097, GHSA-wggq-gr89-33vp, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50097

## What is CVE-2024-50097?

CVE-2024-50097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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: fec: don't save PTP state if PTP is unsupported

Some platforms (such as i.MX25 and i.MX27) do not support PTP, so on
these platforms fec_ptp_init() is not called and the related members
in fep are not initialized. However, fec_ptp_save_state() is called
unconditionally, which causes the kernel to panic. Therefore, add a
condition so that fec_ptp_save_state() is not called if PTP is not
supported.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50097?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.