What is CVE-2024-35786?

CVE-2024-35786 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12 and 6.8. CVE-2024-35786 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35786?

CVE-2024-35786 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-2024-35786?

Yes, CVE-2024-35786 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12 and 6.8. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35786 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35786 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Improper Locking (CWE-667)?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html

CVE-2024-35786

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix stale locked mutex in nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf If VM_BIND is enabled on the client the legacy submission ioctl can't be used, however if a client tries to do so regardless it will return an error. In this case the clients mutex remained unlocked leading to a deadlock inside nouveau_drm_postclose or any other nouveau ioctl call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2025-01-10

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-667

CVE-2024-35786 is a Improper Locking vulnerability

What is Improper Locking?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.24 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.12 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b466416bdd6ecbde15ce987226ea633a0268fbb1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c288a61a48ddb77ec097e11ab81b81027cd4e197

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daf8739c3322a762ce84f240f50e0c39181a41ab

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35786

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2025-01-10

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35786?

CVE-2024-35786 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12 and 6.8. CVE-2024-35786 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35786?

CVE-2024-35786 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-2024-35786?

Yes. CVE-2024-35786 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12 and 6.8. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35786 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35786 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.