What is CVE-2024-27402?

CVE-2024-27402 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.28 onward and patched in 5.15.181, 6.1.80, 6.6.19 and others. CVE-2024-27402 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27402?

CVE-2024-27402 has a CVSS score of 5.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-27402?

Yes, CVE-2024-27402 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.181, 6.1.80, 6.6.19 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.28 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27402 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27402 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27402

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2025-09-18

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.8

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.28 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.181, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.28

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.181 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.80 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.19 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.7 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9f558c72c47472c38c05fcb72c70abb9104277

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2a894d7f487dcb894df023e9d3014cf5b93fe5

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d3914a477eed92b48c493a8631cc4554ab4fd4f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef4fcc7014b9f93619851d6b78d6cc2789a4c88

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5523e065b568e79dfaa2ea1085a5bcf74baf78

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27402

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2025-09-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27402?

CVE-2024-27402 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.28 onward and has been patched in 5.15.181, 6.1.80, 6.6.19 and others. CVE-2024-27402 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27402?

CVE-2024-27402 has a CVSS score of 5.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-27402?

Yes. CVE-2024-27402 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.181, 6.1.80, 6.6.19 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.28 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27402 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27402 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.