CVE-2024-43875: Linux kernel · PCI: endpoint: Clean up error handling in vpci_scan_bus()
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: endpoint: Clean up error handling in vpci_scan_bus() Smatch complains about inconsistent NULL checking in vpci_scan_bus(): drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c:1024 vpci_scan_bus() error: we previously assumed 'vpci_bus' could be null (see line 1021) Instead of printing an error message and then crashing we should return an error code and clean up. Also the NULL check is reversed so it prints an error for success instead of failure.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43875 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e27e2e8697b8ce96cdef43f135426525d9d1f8f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/24414c842a24d0fd498f9db6d2a762a8dddf1832 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d368de78b60088ec9031c60c88976c0063ea4c0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0f5a96c534f781e8c57ca30459448b3bfe5429 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9e8695246bcfc028341470cbf92630cdc1ba36b (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)