What is CVE-2024-35952?

CVE-2024-35952 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 5.19 onward and patched in 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and others. CVE-2024-35952 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35952?

CVE-2024-35952 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-2024-35952?

Yes, CVE-2024-35952 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35952 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35952 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-2024-35952

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ast: Fix soft lockup There is a while-loop in ast_dp_set_on_off() that could lead to infinite-loop. This is because the register, VGACRI-Dx, checked in this API is a scratch register actually controlled by a MCU, named DPMCU, in BMC. These scratch registers are protected by scu-lock. If suc-lock is not off, DPMCU can not update these registers and then host will have soft lockup due to never updated status. DPMCU is used to control DP and relative registers to handshake with host's VGA driver. Even the most time-consuming task, DP's link training, is less than 100ms. 200ms should be enough.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-20

Last modified 2025-09-23

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-2024-35952 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 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.87 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.28 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.7 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35768baf0fdfc47ede42d899506bad78450e9294

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a6fea3fcb577a543ef67683ca7105bde49a38fb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a81b2acd43e24e419f65df97348c76a5a1496066

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc004f5038220b1891ef4107134ccae44be55109

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35952

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-20

Modified 2025-09-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35952?

CVE-2024-35952 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 5.19 onward and has been patched in 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and others. CVE-2024-35952 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35952?

CVE-2024-35952 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-2024-35952?

Yes. CVE-2024-35952 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35952 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35952 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.