{"cve":"CVE-2024-36893","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-30T16:15:12.773","modified":"2026-06-17T07:37:17.510","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it\n\ntypec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration\nto always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set\nto the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is\nnot checked, this results in the following crash:\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx\n pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08\n lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08\n..\n Call trace:\n   run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08\n   tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4\n   kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328\n   kthread+0x1d0/0x23c\n   ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nTo prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before\nderefencing it in all the call sites.","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/2a07e6f0ad8a6e504a3912cfe8dc859b7d0740a5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789326cafbd1f67f424436b6bc8bdb887a364637","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae11f04b452b5205536e1c02d31f8045eba249dd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d56d2ca03cc22123fd7626967d096d8661324e57","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc2b655cb6dd2b381f1f284989721002e39b6b77"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:51:20.603330631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-36893","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13473,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}