CVE-2024-47749: Linux kernel · RDMA/cxgb4: Added NULL check for lookup_atid
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:44 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 Oct 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.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix has been applied to the Linux kernel to add a NULL check for the lookup_atid() return value, preventing null pointer dereference. Users should update to the fixed kernel version once available. Since this is a kernel-level issue, applying the official kernel update is the recommended mitigation.
Description
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was identified and fixed in the Linux kernel's RDMA cxgb4 driver. The function lookup_atid() could return NULL if an ATID was invalid or missing, and this was not checked before use in act_establish() and act_open_rpl(), potentially causing a kernel crash. The issue was resolved by adding a NULL check to prevent dereferencing a null pointer.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47749 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d50ae281a1712b9b2ca72830a96b8f11882358d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cb9f39913566ec5865581135f3e8123ad1aee1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1fe68d695af367506ea3c794c5969630f21697 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54aaa3ed40972511e423b604324b881425b9ff1e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11318dc8a1ec565300bb1a9073095af817cc508 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b12e25d91c7f97958341538c7dc63ee49d01548f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9c94c8ba5a713817cffd74c4bacc05187469624 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd598ac57dcae796cb58551074660c39b43fb155 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e766e6a92410ca269161de059fff0843b8ddd65f (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)