What is CVE-2024-49571?

CVE-2024-49571 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and patched in 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.122 and others. CVE-2024-49571 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-49571?

CVE-2024-49571 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-2024-49571?

Yes, CVE-2024-49571 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.122 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-49571 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-49571 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-49571

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: check iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt when receiving proposal msg When receiving proposal msg in server, the field iparea_offset and the field ipv6_prefixes_cnt in proposal msg are from the remote client and can not be fully trusted. Especially the field iparea_offset, once exceed the max value, there has the chance to access wrong address, and crash may happen. This patch checks iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt before using them.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-01-11

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 4.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.122, 6.6.68, 6.12.7, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.16

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.233 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.176 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.122 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.68 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.7 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-49571 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/2025/03/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ce46349672a7e0c361bfe39ed0b22e824ef4fb
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62056d1592e63d85e82357ee2ae6a6a294f440b0
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/846bada23bfcdeb83621b045ed85dc06c7833ff0
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-49571

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-01-11

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49571?

CVE-2024-49571 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and has been patched in 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.122 and others. CVE-2024-49571 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-49571?

CVE-2024-49571 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-2024-49571?

Yes — CVE-2024-49571 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.122 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-49571 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-49571 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.