What is CVE-2024-23850?

CVE-2024-23850 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-23850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-23850?

CVE-2024-23850 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-23850?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-23850. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-23850 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-23850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-23850

Medium

In btrfs_get_root_ref in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.1, there can be an assertion failure and crash because a subvolume can be read out too soon after its root item is inserted upon subvolume creation.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-01-23

Last modified 2025-11-04

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-617

CVE-2024-23850 is classified as CWE-617

See CWE-617 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-23850 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZOU3745CWCDZ7EMKMXB2OEEIB5Q3IWM/
Kernel.org
https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a80cb4b32af89787dadee728310e5e2ca85343f.1705741883.git.wqu%40suse.com/

Mailing List Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALGdzuo6awWdau3X=8XK547x2vX_-VoFmH1aPsqosRTQ5WzJVA%40mail.gmail.com/

Mailing List Vendor Advisory
Lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EZOU3745CWCDZ7EMKMXB2OEEIB5Q3IWM/

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-23850

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-01-23

Modified 2025-11-04

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23850?

CVE-2024-23850 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-23850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-23850?

CVE-2024-23850 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-23850?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-23850. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-23850 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-23850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.