What is CVE-2024-50112?

CVE-2024-50112 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.4 onward and patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50112 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50112?

CVE-2024-50112 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-2024-50112?

Yes, CVE-2024-50112 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50112 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50112 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50112

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases Linear Address Masking (LAM) has a weakness related to transient execution as described in the SLAM paper[1]. Unless Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) is enabled this weakness may be exploitable. Until kernel adds support for LASS[2], only allow LAM for COMPILE_TEST, or when speculation mitigations have been disabled at compile time, otherwise keep LAM disabled. There are no processors in market that support LAM yet, so currently nobody is affected by this issue. [1] SLAM: https://download.vusec.net/papers/slam_sp24.pdf [2] LASS: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ [ dhansen: update SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS -> CPU_MITIGATIONS ]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-05

Last modified 2025-10-01

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.59, 6.11.6, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.4

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.59 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.6 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50112 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/3267cb6d3a174ff83d6287dcd5b0047bbd912452
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a5ba560f296ad8da153f6ad3f70030bfa3958f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690599066488d16db96ac0d6340f9372fc56f337
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50112

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-05

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50112?

CVE-2024-50112 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.4 onward and has been patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50112 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50112?

CVE-2024-50112 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-2024-50112?

Yes — CVE-2024-50112 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50112 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50112 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.