What is CVE-2024-43868?

CVE-2024-43868 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and patched in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.10.4 and others. CVE-2024-43868 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43868?

CVE-2024-43868 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-2024-43868?

Yes, CVE-2024-43868 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.10.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-43868 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-43868 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-43868

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/purgatory: align riscv_kernel_entry When alignment handling is delegated to the kernel, everything must be word-aligned in purgatory, since the trap handler is then set to the kexec one. Without the alignment, hitting the exception would ultimately crash. On other occasions, the kernel's handler would take care of exceptions. This has been tested on a JH7110 SoC with oreboot and its SBI delegating unaligned access exceptions and the kernel configured to handle them.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-21

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 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.10.4, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.117 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.61 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.4 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-43868 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/10ffafb456f293976c42f700578ef740467cb569
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4aaf16a8255f7c71790e211724ba029609c5ff
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e62dab357eea12db0fc62dea94c7a892888e6e8
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-43868

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-21

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43868?

CVE-2024-43868 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and has been patched in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.10.4 and others. CVE-2024-43868 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43868?

CVE-2024-43868 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-2024-43868?

Yes — CVE-2024-43868 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.10.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-43868 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-43868 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.