CVE-2024-57978 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-jpeg: Fix potential error pointer dereference in detach_pm() The proble is on the first line: if (jpeg->pd_dev[i] && !pm_runtime_suspended(jpeg->pd_dev[i])) If jpeg->pd_dev[i] is an error pointer, then passing it to pm_runtime_suspended() will lead to an Oops. The other conditions check for both error pointers and NULL, but it would be more clear to use the IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check for that.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-17	0.05%	0.02%	-0.03%
2	2026-03-19	0.04%	0.05%	+0.01%
3	2025-11-21	—	0.04%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-17

0.05%

0.02%

-0.03%

2026-03-19

0.04%

0.05%

+0.01%

2025-11-21

—

0.04%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57978

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2024-57978 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57978
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57978
`suse`	medium	CVE-2024-57978 severity moderate: SUSE including 418 source package names (2.1.3-6.11:kernel-default-6.4.0-28.1, 2.1.3-6.12:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-28.1.21.6, …), 793 product×package rows across 139 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (139 product lines)): Fixed 361, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 201.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57978/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2024-57978 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 147, released 138, not-affected 120, needed 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57978

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.15.174, < 5.16	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.1.120, < 6.1.129	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.6.64, < 6.6.76	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.12.4, < 6.12.13	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13, < 6.13.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2024-57978

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1378ffec30367233152b7dbf4fa6a25ee98585d1	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b2af918bb714937a8be6cb637f528585461cd98	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e601a64f7777e2f78c02db1a8b5ba3b7c5e9e31	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32ba399a030853f2db45a90ba5474fdd3494aad
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0b8535a7885ed4fd0b11625addb5476cae0f845	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde89fe11b44500bfcb2d405825b69a5df805d19	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html

URL

CVE-2024-57978 | media: imx-jpeg: Fix potential error pointer dereference in detach_pm()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-57978

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-57978

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-57978

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57978

References for CVE-2024-57978