What is CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-42242 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 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-2024-42242?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42242. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-42242 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42242 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42242

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: sdhci: Fix max_seg_size for 64KiB PAGE_SIZE blk_queue_max_segment_size() ensured: if (max_size < PAGE_SIZE) max_size = PAGE_SIZE; whereas: blk_validate_limits() makes it an error: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_segment_size < PAGE_SIZE)) return -EINVAL; The change from one to the other, exposed sdhci which was setting maximum segment size too low in some circumstances. Fix the maximum segment size when it is too low.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-07

Last modified 2024-08-08

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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

Weakness type

CWE-770

CVE-2024-42242 is classified as CWE-770

See CWE-770 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42242 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d20a94f24fc1cbaf44d0e7c0e0a8077fde0aef
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf78b1accef46efd9b624967cb74ae8d3c215a2b
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42242

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-07

Modified 2024-08-08

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-42242 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 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-2024-42242?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42242. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-42242 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-42242 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.