What is CVE-2024-35961?

CVE-2024-35961 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.16 onward and patched in 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and 6.9. CVE-2024-35961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35961?

CVE-2024-35961 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-2024-35961?

Yes, CVE-2024-35961 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 5.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35961 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-35961

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Register devlink first under devlink lock In case device is having a non fatal FW error during probe, the driver will report the error to user via devlink. This will trigger a WARN_ON, since mlx5 is calling devlink_register() last. In order to avoid the WARN_ON[1], change mlx5 to invoke devl_register() first under devlink lock. [1] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 227 at net/devlink/health.c:483 devlink_recover_notify.constprop.0+0xb8/0xc0 CPU: 5 PID: 227 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc5_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_06_12_12_38 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: mlx5_health0000:08:00.0 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core] RIP: 0010:devlink_recover_notify.constprop.0+0xb8/0xc0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x79/0x120 ? devlink_recover_notify.constprop.0+0xb8/0xc0 ? report_bug+0x17c/0x190 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? devlink_recover_notify.constprop.0+0xb8/0xc0 devlink_health_report+0x4a/0x1c0 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work+0xa4/0xd0 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x1bb/0x3c0 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0 worker_thread+0x4d/0x3c0 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0 kthread+0xc6/0xf0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK>

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-20

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.28, 6.8.7, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.16

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.28 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.7 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c91c60858473731bcdaf04fda99fcbcf84420d4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/967caa3d37c078e5b95a32094657e6a4cad145f0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e77aa9dd82bc18a89bf49418f8f7e961cfccc8

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35961

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-20

Modified 2025-09-24

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35961?

CVE-2024-35961 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.16 onward and has been patched in 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and 6.9. CVE-2024-35961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35961?

CVE-2024-35961 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-2024-35961?

Yes. CVE-2024-35961 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.28, 6.8.7 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 5.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35961 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.