What is CVE-2024-35996?

CVE-2024-35996 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-35996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35996?

CVE-2024-35996 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-2024-35996?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-35996. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-35996 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-35996

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpu: Re-enable CPU mitigations by default for !X86 architectures Rename x86's to CPU_MITIGATIONS, define it in generic code, and force it on for all architectures exception x86. A recent commit to turn mitigations off by default if SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n kinda sorta missed that "cpu_mitigations" is completely generic, whereas SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS is x86-specific. Rename x86's SPECULATIVE_MITIGATIONS instead of keeping both and have it select CPU_MITIGATIONS, as having two configs for the same thing is unnecessary and confusing. This will also allow x86 to use the knob to manage mitigations that aren't strictly related to speculative execution. Use another Kconfig to communicate to common code that CPU_MITIGATIONS is already defined instead of having x86's menu depend on the common CPU_MITIGATIONS. This allows keeping a single point of contact for all of x86's mitigations, and it's not clear that other architectures *want* to allow disabling mitigations at compile-time.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-20

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-35996 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Cert-Portal
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Cert-Portal
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b32816fbab267611f073223f1b0b816ec5920f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38f17d1fbb5bfb56ca1419e2d06376d57a9396f9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8292f4f8dd1b005d0688d726261004f816ef730a
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35996

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-20

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35996?

CVE-2024-35996 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-35996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35996?

CVE-2024-35996 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-2024-35996?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-35996. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-35996 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-35996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.