What is CVE-2024-27015?

CVE-2024-27015 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.13 onward and patched in 5.15.157, 6.1.88, 6.6.29 and others. CVE-2024-27015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27015?

CVE-2024-27015 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-2024-27015?

Yes, CVE-2024-27015 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.157, 6.1.88, 6.6.29 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27015 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27015

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: incorrect pppoe tuple pppoe traffic reaching ingress path does not match the flowtable entry because the pppoe header is expected to be at the network header offset. This bug causes a mismatch in the flow table lookup, so pppoe packets enter the classical forwarding path.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2025-11-04

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.157, 6.1.88, 6.6.29, 6.8.8, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.13

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.157 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.88 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.29 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.8 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ed82dd368ad883dc4284292937b882f044e625d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6db5dc7b351b9569940cd1cf445e237c42cd6d27

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f078103421642fcd5f05c5e70777feb10f000d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e719b52d0c56989b0f3475a03a6d64f182c85b56

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c3c61701a0b12f4906152c1626a5de580ea3d2

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27015

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2025-11-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27015?

CVE-2024-27015 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.13 onward and has been patched in 5.15.157, 6.1.88, 6.6.29 and others. CVE-2024-27015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27015?

CVE-2024-27015 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-2024-27015?

Yes. CVE-2024-27015 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.157, 6.1.88, 6.6.29 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27015 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.