What is CVE-2024-36957?

CVE-2024-36957 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.10.20 onward and patched in 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91 and others. CVE-2024-36957 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36957?

CVE-2024-36957 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-2024-36957?

Yes, CVE-2024-36957 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10.20 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-36957 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-36957 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-36957

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: avoid off-by-one read from userspace We try to access count + 1 byte from userspace with memdup_user(buffer, count + 1). However, the userspace only provides buffer of count bytes and only these count bytes are verified to be okay to access. To ensure the copied buffer is NUL terminated, we use memdup_user_nul instead.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-30

Last modified 2025-12-23

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

Weakness type

CWE-193

CVE-2024-36957 is classified as CWE-193

See CWE-193 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.10.20, 5.11.3, 5.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.10, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.10.20 ≥ 5.11.3 ≥ 5.12

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.217 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.159 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.91 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.31 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.10 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0285cee11c7dcc2657bcd456e469958a5009e7

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f11fe3ea3fc261640cfc8a5addd838000407c67

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcdac70adceb44373da204c3c297f2a98e13216e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec697fbd38cbe2eef0948b58673b146caa95402f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f299ee709fb45036454ca11e90cb2810fe771878

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-36957

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-30

Modified 2025-12-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36957?

CVE-2024-36957 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.10.20 onward and has been patched in 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91 and others. CVE-2024-36957 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36957?

CVE-2024-36957 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-2024-36957?

Yes. CVE-2024-36957 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10.20 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-36957 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-36957 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.