What is CVE-2024-27059?

CVE-2024-27059 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Divide By Zero flaw (CWE-369), affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and patched in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. CVE-2024-27059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27059?

CVE-2024-27059 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-2024-27059?

Yes, CVE-2024-27059 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27059 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Divide By Zero (CWE-369)?

The product divides a value by zero, causing a crash or unexpected behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

CVE-2024-27059

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: usb-storage: Prevent divide-by-0 error in isd200_ata_command The isd200 sub-driver in usb-storage uses the HEADS and SECTORS values in the ATA ID information to calculate cylinder and head values when creating a CDB for READ or WRITE commands. The calculation involves division and modulus operations, which will cause a crash if either of these values is 0. While this never happens with a genuine device, it could happen with a flawed or subversive emulation, as reported by the syzbot fuzzer. Protect against this possibility by refusing to bind to the device if either the ATA_ID_HEADS or ATA_ID_SECTORS value in the device's ID information is 0. This requires isd200_Initialization() to return a negative error code when initialization fails; currently it always returns 0 (even when there is an error).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2026-05-12

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

Weakness type

CWE-369

CVE-2024-27059 is a Divide By Zero vulnerability

What is Divide By Zero?

The product divides a value by zero, causing a crash or unexpected behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.12

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.312 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.274 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.215 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.154 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.84 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.24 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.12 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

11 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/014bcf41d946b36a8f0b8e9b5d9529efbb822f49

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/284fb1003d5da111019b9e0bf99b084fd71ac133

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a67d4ab9e730361d183086dfb0ddd8c61f01636

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1f36d92c0a8799569055012665d2bb066fb964

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871fd7b10b56d280990b7e754f43d888382ca325

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27059

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27059?

CVE-2024-27059 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Divide By Zero flaw (CWE-369) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. CVE-2024-27059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27059?

CVE-2024-27059 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-2024-27059?

Yes. CVE-2024-27059 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27059 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.