What is CVE-2024-36949?

CVE-2024-36949 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and patched in 6.6.31, 6.8.10 and 6.9. CVE-2024-36949 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36949?

CVE-2024-36949 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36949?

Yes, CVE-2024-36949 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.31, 6.8.10 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-36949 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-36949 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-36949

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amd/amdkfd: sync all devices to wait all processes being evicted If there are more than one device doing reset in parallel, the first device will call kfd_suspend_all_processes() to evict all processes on all devices, this call takes time to finish. other device will start reset and recover without waiting. if the process has not been evicted before doing recover, it will be restored, then caused page fault.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-30

Last modified 2025-10-01

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.31, 6.8.10, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.31 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.10 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6f6626528fe724b512c34f3fb5946c36a135f58

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06af584be5a769d124b7302b32a033e9559761d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed28ef3840bbf93a64376ea7814ce39f86352e14

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-36949

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-30

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36949?

CVE-2024-36949 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and has been patched in 6.6.31, 6.8.10 and 6.9. CVE-2024-36949 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36949?

CVE-2024-36949 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36949?

Yes. CVE-2024-36949 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.31, 6.8.10 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-36949 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-36949 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.