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. 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42230. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

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

Awaiting data

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42230 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a741eb75f80397e5f7d3739e24d7d75e619011
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6506616386ce37e59b2745fc481c6713fae4f3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c550679d604798d9fed8a5b2bb5693448a25407c
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

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 Awaiting data

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 . 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42230. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
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.