What is CVE-2024-36956?

CVE-2024-36956 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-36956 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36956?

CVE-2024-36956 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-2024-36956?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36956. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-36956 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-36956 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-36956

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/debugfs: Free all thermal zone debug memory on zone removal Because thermal_debug_tz_remove() does not free all memory allocated for thermal zone diagnostics, some of that memory becomes unreachable after freeing the thermal zone's struct thermal_debugfs object. Address this by making thermal_debug_tz_remove() free all of the memory in question. Cc :6.8+ <[email protected]> # 6.8+

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-30

Last modified 2025-10-01

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-2024-36956 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/72c1afffa4c645fe0e0f1c03e5f34395ed65b5f4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51564e4b3992b53df79460ed5781a5330b5b1d5
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-36956

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-30

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36956?

CVE-2024-36956 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-36956 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36956?

CVE-2024-36956 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-2024-36956?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36956. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-36956 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-36956 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.