What is CVE-2024-27413?

CVE-2024-27413 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-27413 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27413?

CVE-2024-27413 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-2024-27413?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-27413. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-27413 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27413 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27413

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size gcc-14 notices that the allocation with sizeof(void) on 32-bit architectures is not enough for a 64-bit phys_addr_t: drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c: In function 'efi_capsule_open': drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c:295:24: error: allocation of insufficient size '4' for type 'phys_addr_t' {aka 'long long unsigned int'} with size '8' [-Werror=alloc-size] 295 | cap_info->phys = kzalloc(sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL); | ^ Use the correct type instead here.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2025-12-17

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-27413 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

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cf21ac526011a29fc708f8912da446fac19f7b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11aabd7487857b8e7d768fefb092f66dfde68492
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b73473c050a612fb4317831371073eda07c3050
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27413

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2025-12-17

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27413?

CVE-2024-27413 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-27413 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27413?

CVE-2024-27413 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-2024-27413?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-27413. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-27413 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-27413 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.