What is CVE-2024-39472?

CVE-2024-39472 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-39472 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-39472?

CVE-2024-39472 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-2024-39472?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-39472. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-39472 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-39472 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-39472

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup Commit a70f9fe52daa ("xfs: detect and handle invalid iclog size set by mkfs") added a fixup for incorrect h_size values used for the initial umount record in old xfsprogs versions. Later commit 0c771b99d6c9 ("xfs: clean up calculation of LR header blocks") cleaned up the log reover buffer calculation, but stoped using the fixed up h_size value to size the log recovery buffer, which can lead to an out of bounds access when the incorrect h_size does not come from the old mkfs tool, but a fuzzer. Fix this by open coding xlog_logrec_hblks and taking the fixed h_size into account for this calculation.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-05

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Weakness type

CWE-770

CVE-2024-39472 is classified as CWE-770

See CWE-770 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-39472 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/2025/01/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45cf976008ddef4a9c9a30310c9b4fb2a9a6602a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57835c0e7152e36b03875dd6c56dfeed685c1b1f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2389c074973aa94e34992e7f66dac0de37595b5
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-39472

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-05

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39472?

CVE-2024-39472 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-39472 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-39472?

CVE-2024-39472 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-2024-39472?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-39472. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-39472 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-39472 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.