What is CVE-2024-40924?

CVE-2024-40924 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and patched in 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6 and others. CVE-2024-40924 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40924?

CVE-2024-40924 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-2024-40924?

Yes, CVE-2024-40924 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-40924 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-40924 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-40924

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable In some scenarios, the DPT object gets shrunk but the actual framebuffer did not and thus its still there on the DPT's vm->bound_list. Then it tries to rewrite the PTEs via a stale CPU mapping. This causes panic. [vsyrjala: Add TODO comment] (cherry picked from commit 51064d471c53dcc8eddd2333c3f1c1d9131ba36c)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-12

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.0

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.95 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.35 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.6 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327280149066f0e5f2e50356b5823f76dabfe86e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43e2b37e2ab660c3565d4cff27922bc70e79c3f1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a9883be3b98673333eec65c4a21cc18e60292eb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2552020fb714ff357182c3c179abfac2289f84d

Patch
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-40924

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-12

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40924?

CVE-2024-40924 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and has been patched in 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6 and others. CVE-2024-40924 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40924?

CVE-2024-40924 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-2024-40924?

Yes. CVE-2024-40924 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-40924 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-40924 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.