What is CVE-2024-50088?

CVE-2024-50088 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, classified as a Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.57 onward and patched in 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5 and others. CVE-2024-50088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50088?

CVE-2024-50088 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50088?

Yes, CVE-2024-50088 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.57 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50088 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/824.html

CVE-2024-50088

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free in add_inode_ref() The add_inode_ref() function does not initialize the "name" struct when it is declared. If any of the following calls to "read_one_inode() returns NULL, dir = read_one_inode(root, parent_objectid); if (!dir) { ret = -ENOENT; goto out; } inode = read_one_inode(root, inode_objectid); if (!inode) { ret = -EIO; goto out; } then "name.name" would be freed on "out" before being initialized. out: ... kfree(name.name); This issue was reported by Coverity with CID 1526744.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-29

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-824

CVE-2024-50088 is a Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.57, 6.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.57 ≥ 6.2

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.114 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.58 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.5 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

5 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12cf028381aa19bc38465341512c280256e8d82d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66691c6e2f18d2aa4b22ffb624b9bdc97e9979e4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a941f3d5b1469c60a7e70e775584f110b47e0d16

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e11ce03b58743bf1e096c48fcaa7e6f08eb75dfa

Patch
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50088

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-29

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50088?

CVE-2024-50088 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 , classified as an Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.57 onward and has been patched in 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5 and others. CVE-2024-50088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50088?

CVE-2024-50088 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50088?

Yes. CVE-2024-50088 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.57 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50088 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-50088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.