What is CVE-2024-39497?

CVE-2024-39497 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-39497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-39497?

CVE-2024-39497 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-2024-39497?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-39497. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-39497 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-39497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-39497

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE) Lack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap allows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag causing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot: BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags)); Return -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected. This bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers. It can be reproduced by this simple example: void *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset); ptr[0] = 0;

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-12

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-617

CVE-2024-39497 is classified as CWE-617

See CWE-617 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-39497 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
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c71c42809ef4b17f5d874cdb2d3bf40e847b86
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4a8b89bf6787090b56424d269bf84ba00c3263
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2219e5f97244b79c276751a1167615b9714db1b0
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-39497

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-12

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39497?

CVE-2024-39497 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-39497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-39497?

CVE-2024-39497 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-2024-39497?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-39497. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-39497 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-39497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.