What is CVE-2024-42230?

CVE-2024-42230 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.9 onward and patched in 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9 and others. CVE-2024-42230 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42230?

CVE-2024-42230 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-2024-42230?

Yes, CVE-2024-42230 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42230 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42230 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42230

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Fix scv instruction crash with kexec kexec on pseries disables AIL (reloc_on_exc), required for scv instruction support, before other CPUs have been shut down. This means they can execute scv instructions after AIL is disabled, which causes an interrupt at an unexpected entry location that crashes the kernel. Change the kexec sequence to disable AIL after other CPUs have been brought down. As a refresher, the real-mode scv interrupt vector is 0x17000, and the fixed-location head code probably couldn't easily deal with implementing such high addresses so it was just decided not to support that interrupt at all.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-30

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.9

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.98 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.39 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.9 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a741eb75f80397e5f7d3739e24d7d75e619011

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6506616386ce37e59b2745fc481c6713fae4f3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c550679d604798d9fed8a5b2bb5693448a25407c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10e3c39001e9194b9a1bfd6979bd3fa19dccdc5

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

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42230

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 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-2024-42230?

CVE-2024-42230 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.9 onward and has been patched in 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9 and others. CVE-2024-42230 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42230?

CVE-2024-42230 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-2024-42230?

Yes. CVE-2024-42230 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42230 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42230 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.