Answer in brief
CVE-2024-50009 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.17 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f <93f404a55ff06fb0978dfdc786139b8af4a531a8 || >=ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f <cd9f7bf6cad8b2d3876105ce3c9fc63460a046f6 || >=ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f <5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb || >=ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f <5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f | 93f404a55ff06fb0978dfdc786139b8af4a531a8, cd9f7bf6cad8b2d3876105ce3c9fc63460a046f6, 5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb, 5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f |
Published upstream
Oct 21, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 30, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return in case of error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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