{"cve":"CVE-2024-27060","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-01T13:15:50.543","modified":"2026-06-17T07:19:04.617","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthunderbolt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tb_port_update_credits()\n\nOlliver reported that his system crashes when plugging in Thunderbolt 1\ndevice:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 [thunderbolt]\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? __die+0x23/0x70\n  ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0\n  ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30\n  ? tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130\n  ? tb_switch_update_link_attributes+0x83/0xd0\n  tb_switch_add+0x7a2/0xfe0\n  tb_scan_port+0x236/0x6f0\n  tb_handle_hotplug+0x6db/0x900\n  process_one_work+0x171/0x340\n  worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0\n  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n  kthread+0xe5/0x120\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n  </TASK>\n\nThis is due the fact that some Thunderbolt 1 devices only have one lane\nadapter. Fix this by checking for the lane 1 before we read its credits.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440fba897c5ae32d7df1f1d609dbb19e2bba7fbb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce64ba1f6ec3439e4b4d880b4db99673f4507228","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d17e23d1a0d1f959b4fa55b35f1802d9c584fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce64ba1f6ec3439e4b4d880b4db99673f4507228","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d17e23d1a0d1f959b4fa55b35f1802d9c584fa"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:49:08.435428910+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-27060","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.1322,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}