What is CVE-2024-27437?

CVE-2024-27437 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.6 onward and patched in 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154 and others. CVE-2024-27437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27437?

CVE-2024-27437 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-2024-27437?

Yes, CVE-2024-27437 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27437 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27437

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ Currently for devices requiring masking at the irqchip for INTx, ie. devices without DisINTx support, the IRQ is enabled in request_irq() and subsequently disabled as necessary to align with the masked status flag. This presents a window where the interrupt could fire between these events, resulting in the IRQ incrementing the disable depth twice. This would be unrecoverable for a user since the masked flag prevents nested enables through vfio. Instead, invert the logic using IRQF_NO_AUTOEN such that exclusive INTx is never auto-enabled, then unmask as required.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-05

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.6

Fixed in

✓ 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 ✓ 6.8.3 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139dfcc4d723ab13469881200c7d80f49d776060

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26389925d6c2126fb777821a0a983adca7ee6351

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a4a666c45107206605b7b5bc20545f8aabc4fa2

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b3491ad0f80d913e7d255941d4470f4a4d9bfda

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/561d5e1998d58b54ce2bbbb3e843b669aa0b3db5

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27437

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-05

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27437?

CVE-2024-27437 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.6 onward and has been patched in 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154 and others. CVE-2024-27437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27437?

CVE-2024-27437 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-2024-27437?

Yes. CVE-2024-27437 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27437 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.