What is CVE-2024-50120?

CVE-2024-50120 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6.24 onward and patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50120?

CVE-2024-50120 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-2024-50120?

Yes, CVE-2024-50120 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50120 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50120

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords In smb3_reconfigure(), after duplicating ctx->password and ctx->password2 with kstrdup(), we need to check for allocation failures. If ses->password allocation fails, return -ENOMEM. If ses->password2 allocation fails, free ses->password, set it to NULL, and return -ENOMEM.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-05

Last modified 2026-04-06

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 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.59, 6.11.6, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6.24 ≥ 6.7.12 ≥ 6.8.3 ≥ 6.9

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-2024-50120 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/35488799b0ab6e4327f82e1d9209a60805665b37
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35dbac8c328d6afe937cd45ecd41d209d0b9f8b8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5dd61151399ad5a5d69aad28ab164734c1e3bc
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50120

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-05

Modified 2026-04-06

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50120?

CVE-2024-50120 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.24 onward and has been patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50120?

CVE-2024-50120 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-2024-50120?

Yes — CVE-2024-50120 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50120 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.