What is CVE-2024-50065?

CVE-2024-50065 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6.44 onward and patched in 6.6.57, 6.11.4 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50065?

CVE-2024-50065 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-2024-50065?

Yes, CVE-2024-50065 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.57, 6.11.4 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.44 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50065 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50065

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep. __get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to GFP_NOWAIT.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-21

Last modified 2024-11-20

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 6.6.44, 6.10.3, 6.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.57, 6.11.4, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6.44 ≥ 6.10.3 ≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.57 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.4 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50065 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/589996bf8c459deb5bbc9747d8f1c51658608103
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c556e72cea2a1131ae418be017dd6fc76fffe2fb
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c710372e238510db08ea01e7b8bd81ed995dd6
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50065

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-21

Modified 2024-11-20

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50065?

CVE-2024-50065 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.44 onward and has been patched in 6.6.57, 6.11.4 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50065?

CVE-2024-50065 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-2024-50065?

Yes — CVE-2024-50065 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.57, 6.11.4 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.44 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50065 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.