What is CVE-2024-50028?

CVE-2024-50028 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.9 onward and patched in 6.11.4 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50028 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50028?

CVE-2024-50028 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-2024-50028?

Yes, CVE-2024-50028 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.4 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50028 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50028 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50028

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Reference count the zone in thermal_zone_get_by_id() There are places in the thermal netlink code where nothing prevents the thermal zone object from going away while being accessed after it has been returned by thermal_zone_get_by_id(). To address this, make thermal_zone_get_by_id() get a reference on the thermal zone device object to be returned with the help of get_device(), under thermal_list_lock, and adjust all of its callers to this change with the help of the cleanup.h infrastructure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-21

Last modified 2024-10-25

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 5.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.11.4, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.9

Fixed in

✓ 6.11.4 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50028 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/a42a5839f400e929c489bb1b58f54596c4535167
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c95538b286efc6109c987e97a051bc7844ede802
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50028

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-21

Modified 2024-10-25

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50028?

CVE-2024-50028 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.9 onward and has been patched in 6.11.4 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50028 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50028?

CVE-2024-50028 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-2024-50028?

Yes — CVE-2024-50028 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.4 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50028 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50028 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.