What is CVE-2024-25739?

CVE-2024-25739 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-25739 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-25739?

CVE-2024-25739 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-2024-25739?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-25739. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-25739 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-25739 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-25739

Medium

create_empty_lvol in drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 can attempt to allocate zero bytes, and crash, because of a missing check for ubi->leb_size.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-02-12

Last modified 2026-05-12

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-754

CVE-2024-25739 is classified as CWE-754

See CWE-754 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-25739 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Groups
https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller/c/Xl97YcQA4hg

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
Spinics
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg5074816.html

Mailing List
Cert-Portal
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=68a24aba7c593eafa8fd00f2f76407b9b32b47a9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c?h=v6.6.24&id=d1b505c988b7
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-25739

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-02-12

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25739?

CVE-2024-25739 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-25739 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-25739?

CVE-2024-25739 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-2024-25739?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-25739. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-25739 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-25739 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.