What is CVE-2024-35908?

CVE-2024-35908 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and patched in 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5 and others. CVE-2024-35908 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35908?

CVE-2024-35908 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-2024-35908?

Yes, CVE-2024-35908 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35908 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35908 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2024-35908

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: get psock ref after taking rxlock to avoid leak At the start of tls_sw_recvmsg, we take a reference on the psock, and then call tls_rx_reader_lock. If that fails, we return directly without releasing the reference. Instead of adding a new label, just take the reference after locking has succeeded, since we don't need it before.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-19

Last modified 2025-09-24

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-401

CVE-2024-35908 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.0

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.85 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.26 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.5 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30fabe50a7ace3e9d57cf7f9288f33ea408491c8

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417e91e856099e9b8a42a2520e2255e6afe024be

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b565d294e3d5aa809566a4d819835da11997d8b3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b7f14130d782433bc98c1e1e41ce6b4d4c3096

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35908

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-19

Modified 2025-09-24

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35908?

CVE-2024-35908 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and has been patched in 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5 and others. CVE-2024-35908 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35908?

CVE-2024-35908 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-2024-35908?

Yes. CVE-2024-35908 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35908 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35908 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.