What is CVE-2024-41079?

CVE-2024-41079 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and patched in 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42 and others. CVE-2024-41079 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41079?

CVE-2024-41079 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-2024-41079?

Yes, CVE-2024-41079 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-41079 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-41079 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-41079

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: always initialize cqe.result The spec doesn't mandate that the first two double words (aka results) for the command queue entry need to be set to 0 when they are not used (not specified). Though, the target implemention returns 0 for TCP and FC but not for RDMA. Let's make RDMA behave the same and thus explicitly initializing the result field. This prevents leaking any data from the stack.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-29

Last modified 2026-06-01

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 4.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.8

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.209 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.101 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.42 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.11 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0990e8a863645496b9e3f91cfcfd63cd95c80319

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10967873b80742261527a071954be8b54f0f8e4d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d35b24b7957922f81cfdaa66f2e1b1e9b9aed2

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd0c1b8e045a8d2785342b385cb2684d9b48e426

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6a2cf8b0764f3ba7d9bff58c8775a6d4476bb29

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-41079

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-29

Modified 2026-06-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41079?

CVE-2024-41079 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and has been patched in 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42 and others. CVE-2024-41079 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41079?

CVE-2024-41079 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-2024-41079?

Yes. CVE-2024-41079 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-41079 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-41079 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.