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. 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36957. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

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

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

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.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-36957 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/msg00019.html

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0285cee11c7dcc2657bcd456e469958a5009e7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f11fe3ea3fc261640cfc8a5addd838000407c67
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcdac70adceb44373da204c3c297f2a98e13216e
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

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 Awaiting data

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 . 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-36957. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
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.