CVE-2024-38659

HIGHNVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-06-21. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2024-37512 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-5h94-mxhc-fgxw (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port

enic_set_vf_port assumes that the nl attribute IFLA_PORT_PROFILE is of length PORT_PROFILE_MAX and that the nl attributes IFLA_PORT_INSTANCE_UUID, IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID are of length PORT_UUID_MAX. These attributes are validated (in the function do_setlink in rtnetlink.c) using the nla_policy ifla_port_policy. The policy defines IFLA_PORT_PROFILE as NLA_STRING, IFLA_PORT_INSTANCE_UUID as NLA_BINARY and IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID as NLA_STRING. That means that the length validation using the policy is for the max size of the attributes and not on exact size so the length of these attributes might be less than the sizes that enic_set_vf_port expects. This might cause an out of bands read access in the memcpys of the data of these attributes in enic_set_vf_port.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity71% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
15th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

June 21, 2024

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8021b94b0412c37bcc79027c2e382086b6ce449
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee1955a1509a921c05c70dad5d6fc8563dfcb31
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6638e955ca00c489894789492776842e102af9c
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7077c22f84f41974a711604a42fd0e0684232ee5
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25571a12fbc8a1283bd8380d461267956fd426f7
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0d36972edbe56fcf98899622d9b90ac9965227
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca63fb7af9d3e531aa25f7ae187bfc6c7166ec2d
Web page

enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b649d7e0cb42a660f0260ef25fd55fdc9c6c600

Patch Availability(20)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-44.44.1~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1129.122) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi (6.8.0-1011.12) @ noble2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-host (5.15.0-1035.39) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1067.73~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-edge (5.15.0.1072.81~20.04.1.49) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1135.129) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (5.4.0.1135.142~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-bluefield (5.4.0.1090.86) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1114.126~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure (6.8.0-1014.16) @ noble2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (6.8.0-1013.14.1) @ noble2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.121.110) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1049 (5.4.0-1049.53) @ focal2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1072.70) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.8.0-44.44) @ noble2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.121.121) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-45.45~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-28ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 4.19.316 (fixes >=2.6.35)—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux4.19.118-1 ... 4.19.98-1~bpo9+1 (46 versions)
  • every version up to 4.19.316-1: fixed in 4.19.316-1
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (41 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.221-1: fixed in 5.10.221-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.27-1 ... 6.1.94-1~bpo11+1 (23 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.94-1: fixed in 6.1.94-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.9.7-1: fixed in 6.9.7-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.9.7-1: fixed in 6.9.7-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 96 of 243 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 4 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 147 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  7. 2026-10-28 05:17 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-28 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5h94-mxhc-fgxw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
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  18. 2026-10-21 10:30 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-21 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5h94-mxhc-fgxw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
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  1. 2026-10-15 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 14th percentile
  2. 2026-10-15 01:30 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-15 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5h94-mxhc-fgxw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  4. 2026-10-15 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-15 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5h94-mxhc-fgxw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-38659?
CVE-2024-38659 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on June 21, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port enic_set_vf_port assumes that the nl attribute IFLA_PORT_PROFILE is of length PORT_PROFILE_MAX and that the nl attributes IFLA_PORT_INSTANCE_UUID, IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID are…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2024-38659 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2024-38659 was published on June 21, 2024. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2024-38659 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-38659 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (15th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-38659?
CVE-2024-38659 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-38659?
A fix for CVE-2024-38659 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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