What is CVE-2024-50169?

CVE-2024-50169 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.4 onward and patched in 6.6.59, 6.11.6 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50169?

CVE-2024-50169 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-2024-50169?

Yes, CVE-2024-50169 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-2024-50169 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50169

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Update rx_bytes on read_skb() Make sure virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt() and virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt() calls are balanced (i.e. virtio_vsock_sock::rx_bytes doesn't lie) after vsock_transport::read_skb(). While here, also inform the peer that we've freed up space and it has more credit. Failing to update rx_bytes after packet is dequeued leads to a warning on SOCK_STREAM recv(): [ 233.396654] rx_queue is empty, but rx_bytes is non-zero [ 233.396702] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 40601 at net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c:589

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-07

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 6.4 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-2024-50169 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/3543152f2d330141d9394d28855cb90b860091d2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66cd51de31c682a311c2fa25c580b7ea45859dd9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ca2b98090b4bb1c393088c724af6c37812a829
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50169

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-07

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50169?

CVE-2024-50169 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 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-2024-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50169?

CVE-2024-50169 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-2024-50169?

Yes — CVE-2024-50169 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-2024-50169 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.