What is CVE-2024-43850?

CVE-2024-43850 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and patched in 6.6.44, 6.10.3 and 6.11. CVE-2024-43850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43850?

CVE-2024-43850 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-2024-43850?

Yes, CVE-2024-43850 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.44, 6.10.3 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-43850 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-43850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-43850

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: icc-bwmon: Fix refcount imbalance seen during bwmon_remove The following warning is seen during bwmon_remove due to refcount imbalance, fix this by releasing the OPPs after use. Logs: WARNING: at drivers/opp/core.c:1640 _opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. X1E80100 CRD (DT) ... Call trace: _opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158 dev_pm_opp_remove_table+0x100/0x1b4 devm_pm_opp_of_table_release+0x10/0x1c devm_action_release+0x14/0x20 devres_release_all+0xa4/0x104 device_unbind_cleanup+0x18/0x60 device_release_driver_internal+0x1ec/0x228 driver_detach+0x50/0x98 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x20 bwmon_driver_exit+0x18/0x524 [icc_bwmon] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x184/0x264 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x118 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0x20/0x2c el0_svc+0x34/0xdc el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 --[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

Last modified 2024-09-30

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 6.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.44, 6.10.3, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.0

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.44 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.3 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24086640ab39396eb1a92d1cb1cd2f31b2677c52

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4100d4d019f8e140be1d4d3a9d8d93c1285f5d1c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aad41f4c169bcb800ae88123799bdf8cdec3d366

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-43850

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-17

Modified 2024-09-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43850?

CVE-2024-43850 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and has been patched in 6.6.44, 6.10.3 and 6.11. CVE-2024-43850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43850?

CVE-2024-43850 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-2024-43850?

Yes. CVE-2024-43850 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.44, 6.10.3 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-43850 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-43850 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.