What is CVE-2024-42097?

CVE-2024-42097 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and patched in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. CVE-2024-42097 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42097?

CVE-2024-42097 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-2024-42097?

Yes, CVE-2024-42097 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42097 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42097 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42097

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: emux: improve patch ioctl data validation In load_data(), make the validation of and skipping over the main info block match that in load_guspatch(). In load_guspatch(), add checking that the specified patch length matches the actually supplied data, like load_data() already did.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-29

Last modified 2026-05-12

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 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162, 6.1.97, 6.6.37, 6.9.8, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.12

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.317 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.279 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.221 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.162 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.97 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.37 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.8 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40d7def67841343c10f8642a41031fecbb248bab

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d9a000f0220cdaba1682d2a23c0d0c61d620a3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a18293fd8d8519c2f7a03753bc1583b18e3db69

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87039b83fb7bfd7d0e0499aaa8e6c049906b4d14

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b32ccb12ae67e630c6453d778ec30a592a212f

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42097

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-29

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42097?

CVE-2024-42097 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. CVE-2024-42097 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42097?

CVE-2024-42097 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-2024-42097?

Yes. CVE-2024-42097 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42097 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42097 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.