boxscore/security
CVE · referencelatest edition

Reference page — cumulative record through Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC. Reference pages update as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record.

CVE-2024-39481MEDIUM
Linux Linux — media: mc: Fix graph walk in media_pipeline_start
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0022   13.0     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    ae219872834a32da88408a92a4b4745c11f5a7ce –  —
  Linux    6.1 –                                       6.1.94
TIMELINE
  Jun 25  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 5   Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2024-39481 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mc: Fix graph walk in media_pipeline_start The graph walk tries to follow all links, even if they are not between pads. This causes a crash with, e.g. a MEDIA_LNK_FL_ANCILLARY_LINK link. Fix this by allowing the walk to proceed only for MEDIA_LNK_FL_DATA_LINK links.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
June 25, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
July 5, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2024-39481 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxae219872834a32da88408a92a4b4745c11f5a7ce
LinuxLinux6.16.1.94

References (4)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-39481 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-39481 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.