What is CVE-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.10 onward and patched in 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50119 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 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-2024-50119?

Yes, CVE-2024-50119 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50119 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50119 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50119

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix warning when destroy 'cifs_io_request_pool' There's a issue as follows: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27826 at mm/slub.c:4698 free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 RIP: 0010:free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xea/0x330 mempool_destroy+0x13f/0x1d0 init_cifs+0xa50/0xff0 [cifs] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Obviously, 'cifs_io_request_pool' is not created by mempool_create(). So just use mempool_exit() to revert 'cifs_io_request_pool'.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-05

Last modified 2025-10-01

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 6.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.11.6, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.10

Fixed in

✓ 6.11.6 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50119 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/2ce1007f42b8a6a0814386cb056feb28dc6d6091
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/726416a253c51037636ecc65ad3dada3d02dcaea
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50119

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 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-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.10 onward and has been patched in 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50119 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 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-2024-50119?

Yes — CVE-2024-50119 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50119 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50119 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.