What is CVE-2024-42123?

CVE-2024-42123 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and patched in 6.9.9 and 6.10. CVE-2024-42123 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42123?

CVE-2024-42123 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42123?

Yes, CVE-2024-42123 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.9.9 and 6.10. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42123 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42123 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42123

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix double free err_addr pointer warnings In amdgpu_umc_bad_page_polling_timeout, the amdgpu_umc_handle_bad_pages will be run many times so that double free err_addr in some special case. So set the err_addr to NULL to avoid the warnings.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-30

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

4.4

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-415

CVE-2024-42123 is classified as CWE-415

See CWE-415 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.9.9, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.2

Fixed in

✓ 6.9.9 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

2 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506c245f3f1cd989cb89811a7f06e04ff8813a0d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e24beb3c2b08a4763f920399a9cc577ed440a1a

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42123

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-30

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42123?

CVE-2024-42123 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and has been patched in 6.9.9 and 6.10. CVE-2024-42123 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42123?

CVE-2024-42123 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42123?

Yes. CVE-2024-42123 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.9.9 and 6.10. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42123 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42123 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.