What is CVE-2024-42267?

CVE-2024-42267 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and patched in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104 and others. CVE-2024-42267 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42267?

CVE-2024-42267 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-2024-42267?

Yes, CVE-2024-42267 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42267 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42267 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42267

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error() Handle VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG() the kernel.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

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 4.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104, 6.6.45, 6.10.4, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.15

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.224 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.165 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.104 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.45 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.4 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c710050c47d45eb77b28c271cddefc5c785cb40

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20dbdebc5580cd472a310d56a6e252275ee4c864

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59be4a167782d68e21068a761b90b01fadc09146

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917f598209f3f5e4ab175d5079d8aeb523e58b1f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4e7db757e2d7f4c407a007e92c98477eab215d2

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42267

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-17

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42267?

CVE-2024-42267 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and has been patched in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104 and others. CVE-2024-42267 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42267?

CVE-2024-42267 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-2024-42267?

Yes. CVE-2024-42267 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42267 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42267 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.