What is CVE-2024-36898?

CVE-2024-36898 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2024-36898 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36898?

CVE-2024-36898 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36898?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36898. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-36898 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-36898 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-36898

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: cdev: fix uninitialised kfifo If a line is requested with debounce, and that results in debouncing in software, and the line is subsequently reconfigured to enable edge detection then the allocation of the kfifo to contain edge events is overlooked. This results in events being written to and read from an uninitialised kfifo. Read events are returned to userspace. Initialise the kfifo in the case where the software debounce is already active.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-30

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2024-36898 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-36898 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a51e24404d77bb3307c1e39eee0d8e86febb1a5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/883e4bbf06eb5fb7482679e4edb201093e9f55a2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7139a70ee8d8ea872b223e043730cf6f5e2b0e
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-36898

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-30

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36898?

CVE-2024-36898 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2024-36898 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36898?

CVE-2024-36898 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36898?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36898. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-36898 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-36898 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.