What is CVE-2024-44988?

CVE-2024-44988 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.19.21 onward and patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.283, 5.10.225 and others. CVE-2024-44988 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44988?

CVE-2024-44988 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-2024-44988?

Yes, CVE-2024-44988 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.283, 5.10.225 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19.21 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-44988 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-44988 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-44988

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix out-of-bound access If an ATU violation was caused by a CPU Load operation, the SPID could be larger than DSA_MAX_PORTS (the size of mv88e6xxx_chip.ports[] array).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-04

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 4.19.21, 4.20.8, 5.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.323, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.19.21 ≥ 4.20.8 ≥ 5.0

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.323 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.283 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.225 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.166 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.107 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.48 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.7 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-44988 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/2024/10/msg00003.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/050e7274ab2150cd212b2372595720e7b83a15bd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b2e833daf049223ab3c2efdf8cdee08854c484
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a88fca95c8df3746b71e31f44a02d35f06f9864
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-44988

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-04

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44988?

CVE-2024-44988 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.19.21 onward and has been patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.283, 5.10.225 and others. CVE-2024-44988 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44988?

CVE-2024-44988 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-2024-44988?

Yes — CVE-2024-44988 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.283, 5.10.225 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19.21 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-44988 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-44988 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.