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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-43816High confidence

scsi: lpfc: Revise lpfc_prep_embed_io routine with proper endian macro usages

Linux · Linux

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

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1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

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Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
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1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2024-40466

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Revise lpfc_prep_embed_io routine with proper endian macro usages On big endian architectures, it is possible to run into a memory out of bounds pointer dereference when FCP targets are zoned. In lpfc_prep_embed_io, the memcpy(ptr, fcp_cmnd, sgl->sge_len) is referencing a little endian formatted sgl->sge_len value. So, the memcpy can cause big endian systems to crash. Redefine the *sgl ptr as a struct sli4_sge_le to make it clear that we are referring to a little endian formatted data structure. And, update the routine with proper le32_to_cpu macro usages.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Revise lpfc_prep_embed_io routine with proper endian macro usages On big endian architectures, it is possible to run into a memory out of bounds pointer dereference when FCP targets are zoned. In lpfc_prep_embed_io, the memcpy(ptr, fcp_cmnd, sgl->sge_len) is referencing a little endian formatted sgl->sge_len value. So, the memcpy can cause big endian systems to crash. Redefine the *sgl ptr as a struct sli4_sge_le to make it clear that we are referring to a little endian formatted data structure. And, update the routine with proper le32_to_cpu macro usages.

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Revise lpfc_prep_embed_io routine with proper endian macro usages On big endian architectures, it is possible to run into a memory out of bounds pointer dereference when FCP targets are zoned. In lpfc_prep_embed_io, the memcpy(ptr, fcp_cmnd, sgl->sge_len) is referencing a little endian formatted sgl->sge_len value. So, the memcpy can cause big endian systems to crash. Redefine the *sgl ptr as a struct sli4_sge_le to make it clear that we are referring to a little endian formatted data structure. And, update the routine with proper le32_to_cpu macro usages.

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → NULL Pointer Dereference → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-476

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of serviceCWE-476
A

Official authority intelligence

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BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2024-1875Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder unbekannte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

d?id=CVE-2024-42245 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42258 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42268 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42268 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42278 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42278 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42291 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42291 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42294 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42294 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42315 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42316 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42316 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42317 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42317 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43816 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43817 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43820 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43820 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43821 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43826 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43826 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43840 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43840 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43842 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43842 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43869 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43869 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43870 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0840Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2024-42310 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42311 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42311 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42312 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42312 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42313 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42313 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42315 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42318 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42319 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42320 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42322 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43816 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43818 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43819 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43819 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43821 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43823 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43829 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43829 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43830 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43830 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43831 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43831 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0822Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2024-42312 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42313 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42313 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42314 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42314 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42315 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42316 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42316 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42318 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42319 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42320 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42322 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43816 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43817 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43818 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43819 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43819 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43821 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43823 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43824 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43824 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43825 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43825 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43826 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0779Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2024-42312 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42313 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42313 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42314 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42314 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42315 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42316 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42316 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42318 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42319 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42320 Référence CVE CVE-2024-42322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42322 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43816 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43817 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43818 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43819 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43819 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43821 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43823 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43824 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43824 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43825 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43825 Référence CVE CVE-2024-43826 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
af20bb73ac2591631d504f3f859f073bcdb7e11e < 9fd003f344d502f65252963169df3dd237054e49; af20bb73ac2591631d504f3f859f073bcdb7e11e < 8bc7c617642db6d8d20ee671fb6c4513017e7a7e; 6.10
Fixed
< 6.10; 6.10.3 ≤ 6.10.*; 6.11 ≤ *
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 17 Aug 2024 · Last source change 5 Aug 2026, 11:36 UTC · CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-40466
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

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Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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