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CVE-2024-35945

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: phy_device: Prevent nullptr exceptions on ISR If phydev->irq is set uncondition…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: phy_device: Prevent nullptr exceptions on ISR If phydev->irq is set unconditionally, check for valid interrupt handler or fall back to polling mode to prevent nullptr exceptions in interrupt service routine.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-05-19 11:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel <6.6.27, ≥6.7 <6.8.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3419ee39e3d3162ab2ec9942bb537613ed5b6311
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61c81872815f46006982bb80460c0c80a949b35b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a71f61ebf95cedd3f245db6da397822971d8db5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3419ee39e3d3162ab2ec9942bb537613ed5b6311
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61c81872815f46006982bb80460c0c80a949b35b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a71f61ebf95cedd3f245db6da397822971d8db5

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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