What is CVE-2024-42284?

CVE-2024-42284 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.1 onward and patched in 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224 and others. CVE-2024-42284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42284?

CVE-2024-42284 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42284?

Yes, CVE-2024-42284 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42284 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42284

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error tipc_udp_addr2str() should return non-zero value if the UDP media address is invalid. Otherwise, a buffer overflow access can occur in tipc_media_addr_printf(). Fix this by returning 1 on an invalid UDP media address.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-754

CVE-2024-42284 is classified as CWE-754

See CWE-754 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.1 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.103, 6.6.44, 6.10.3, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.1

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.320 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.282 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.224 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.165 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.103 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.44 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.3 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253405541be2f15ffebdeac2f4cf4b7e9144d12f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abe350db1aa599eeebc6892237d0bce0f1de62a

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eea127675450583680c8170358bcba43227bd69

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728734352743a78b4c5a7285b282127696a4a813

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ddf84a52f0d8ec3f5db6ccce08faf202a17d28

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42284

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 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-2024-42284?

CVE-2024-42284 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.1 onward and has been patched in 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224 and others. CVE-2024-42284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42284?

CVE-2024-42284 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42284?

Yes. CVE-2024-42284 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42284 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.