What is CVE-2024-42124?

CVE-2024-42124 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.11 onward and patched in 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163 and others. CVE-2024-42124 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42124?

CVE-2024-42124 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-2024-42124?

Yes, CVE-2024-42124 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42124 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42124 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42124

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedf: Make qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible Stop calling smp_processor_id() from preemptible code in qedf_execute_tmf90. This results in BUG_ON() when running an RT kernel. [ 659.343280] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: sg_reset/3646 [ 659.343282] caller is qedf_execute_tmf+0x8b/0x360 [qedf]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-30

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 4.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.11

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.280 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.222 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.163 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.98 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.39 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.9 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a8a91932b2772e75bf3f6d133ca4225d1d3e920

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8b637c9c5eeaa1a4e3dfb336f3ff918eb64fec

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b9c7787cfcd1e76d873a78f16cf45bfa4b100ea

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f314aadeed8cdf42c8cf30769425b5e44702748

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ceb40cdee721e13cbe15a0515cacf984e11236b

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42124

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-30

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42124?

CVE-2024-42124 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.11 onward and has been patched in 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163 and others. CVE-2024-42124 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42124?

CVE-2024-42124 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-2024-42124?

Yes. CVE-2024-42124 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42124 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42124 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.