What is CVE-2024-41036?

CVE-2024-41036 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.70 onward and patched in 6.1.100, 6.6.41, 6.9.10 and others. CVE-2024-41036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41036?

CVE-2024-41036 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-2024-41036?

Yes, CVE-2024-41036 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.100, 6.6.41, 6.9.10 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.70 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-41036 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-41036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Improper Locking (CWE-667)?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html

CVE-2024-41036

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant When SMP is enabled and spinlocks are actually functional then there is a deadlock with the 'statelock' spinlock between ks8851_start_xmit_spi and ks8851_irq: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 27s! call trace: queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x100/0x284 do_raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x44 ks8851_start_xmit_spi+0x30/0xb8 ks8851_start_xmit+0x14/0x20 netdev_start_xmit+0x40/0x6c dev_hard_start_xmit+0x6c/0xbc sch_direct_xmit+0xa4/0x22c __qdisc_run+0x138/0x3fc qdisc_run+0x24/0x3c net_tx_action+0xf8/0x130 handle_softirqs+0x1ac/0x1f0 __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 ____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x58 do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x28 __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0x9c irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c el1_interrupt+0x38/0x50 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 __netif_schedule+0x6c/0x80 netif_tx_wake_queue+0x38/0x48 ks8851_irq+0xb8/0x2c8 irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0x74 irq_thread+0x10c/0x1b0 kthread+0xc8/0xd8 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 This issue has not been identified earlier because tests were done on a device with SMP disabled and so spinlocks were actually NOPs. Now use spin_(un)lock_bh for TX queue related locking to avoid execution of softirq work synchronously that would lead to a deadlock.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-29

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

Weakness type

CWE-667

CVE-2024-41036 is a Improper Locking vulnerability

What is Improper Locking?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.70, 6.6.9, 5.10.206, 5.15.146, 6.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.100, 6.6.41, 6.9.10, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.70 ≥ 6.6.9 ≥ 5.10.206 ≥ 5.15.146 ≥ 6.7

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.100 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.41 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.10 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0913ec336a6c0c4a2b296bd9f74f8e41c4c83c8c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fec0cd0e8f56ff06c46bb24254c7d8f8f2bbf0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ece00137300d74642f2038c8fe5440deaf9f05

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0c69c492f4a8fad52f0a97565241c926160c9a4

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

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-41036

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-29

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41036?

CVE-2024-41036 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.70 onward and has been patched in 6.1.100, 6.6.41, 6.9.10 and others. CVE-2024-41036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41036?

CVE-2024-41036 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-2024-41036?

Yes. CVE-2024-41036 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.100, 6.6.41, 6.9.10 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.70 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-41036 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-41036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.