What is CVE-2024-38607?

CVE-2024-38607 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38607?

CVE-2024-38607 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-2024-38607?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-38607. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-38607 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-38607

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macintosh/via-macii: Fix "BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context" The via-macii ADB driver calls request_irq() after disabling hard interrupts. But disabling interrupts isn't necessary here because the VIA shift register interrupt was masked during VIA1 initialization.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2025-10-03

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-2024-38607 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/010d4cb19bb13f423e3e746b824f314a9bf3e9a9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9c3f2caec548cfa7a65416ec4e6006e542f18e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280619bbdeac186fb320fab3d61122d2a085def8
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-38607

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2025-10-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38607?

CVE-2024-38607 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38607?

CVE-2024-38607 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-2024-38607?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-38607. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-38607 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.