What is CVE-2024-45027?

CVE-2024-45027 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and patched in 6.10.7 and 6.11. CVE-2024-45027 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-45027?

CVE-2024-45027 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-2024-45027?

Yes, CVE-2024-45027 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.10.7 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-45027 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-45027 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-45027

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: Check for xhci->interrupters being allocated in xhci_mem_clearup() If xhci_mem_init() fails, it calls into xhci_mem_cleanup() to mop up the damage. If it fails early enough, before xhci->interrupters is allocated but after xhci->max_interrupters has been set, which happens in most (all?) cases, things get uglier, as xhci_mem_cleanup() unconditionally derefences xhci->interrupters. With prejudice. Gate the interrupt freeing loop with a check on xhci->interrupters being non-NULL. Found while debugging a DMA allocation issue that led the XHCI driver on this exact path.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-11

Last modified 2025-05-09

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

Weakness type

CWE-459

CVE-2024-45027 is classified as CWE-459

See CWE-459 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.10.7, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.8

Fixed in

✓ 6.10.7 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-45027 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/3efb29f6a78d4746f958c1ab6cd7981c5762f03b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/770cacc75b0091ece17349195d72133912c1ca7c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcdb52d948f3a17ccd3fce757d9bd981d7c32039
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-45027

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-11

Modified 2025-05-09

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45027?

CVE-2024-45027 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and has been patched in 6.10.7 and 6.11. CVE-2024-45027 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-45027?

CVE-2024-45027 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-2024-45027?

Yes — CVE-2024-45027 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.10.7 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-45027 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-45027 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.