What is CVE-2024-50152?

CVE-2024-50152 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6.32 onward and patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50152 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50152?

CVE-2024-50152 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-2024-50152?

Yes, CVE-2024-50152 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.32 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50152 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50152 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50152

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix possible double free in smb2_set_ea() Clang static checker(scan-build) warning： fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c:1304:2: Attempt to free released memory. 1304 | kfree(ea); | ^~~~~~~~~ There is a double free in such case: 'ea is initialized to NULL' -> 'first successful memory allocation for ea' -> 'something failed, goto sea_exit' -> 'first memory release for ea' -> 'goto replay_again' -> 'second goto sea_exit before allocate memory for ea' -> 'second memory release for ea resulted in double free'. Re-initialie 'ea' to NULL near to the replay_again label, it can fix this double free problem.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-07

Last modified 2024-11-19

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

Weakness type

CWE-415

CVE-2024-50152 is classified as CWE-415

See CWE-415 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6.32, 6.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.59, 6.11.6, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6.32 ≥ 6.8

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-2024-50152 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/19ebc1e6cab334a8193398d4152deb76019b5d34
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1813c220b76f60b1727984794377c4aa849d4c1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9f758ecf2562dfdd4adf12c22921b5de8366123
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50152

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-07

Modified 2024-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50152?

CVE-2024-50152 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.32 onward and has been patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50152 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50152?

CVE-2024-50152 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-2024-50152?

Yes — CVE-2024-50152 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.32 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50152 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50152 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.