What is CVE-2024-44961?

CVE-2024-44961 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and patched in 6.6.46, 6.10.5 and 6.11. CVE-2024-44961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44961?

CVE-2024-44961 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-2024-44961?

Yes, CVE-2024-44961 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.46, 6.10.5 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-44961 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-44961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-44961

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Forward soft recovery errors to userspace As we discussed before[1], soft recovery should be forwarded to userspace, or we can get into a really bad state where apps will keep submitting hanging command buffers cascading us to a hard reset. 1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ (cherry picked from commit 434967aadbbbe3ad9103cc29e9a327de20fdba01)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-04

Last modified 2024-10-04

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 6.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.5

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.46 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.5 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-44961 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/0da0b06165d83a8ecbb6582d9d5a135f9d38a52a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/829798c789f567ef6ba4b084c15b7b5f3bd98d51
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c28d207edfc5679585f4e96acb67000076ce90be
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-44961

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-04

Modified 2024-10-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44961?

CVE-2024-44961 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and has been patched in 6.6.46, 6.10.5 and 6.11. CVE-2024-44961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44961?

CVE-2024-44961 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-2024-44961?

Yes — CVE-2024-44961 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.46, 6.10.5 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-44961 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-44961 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.