What is CVE-2024-50173?

CVE-2024-50173 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 6.10.14, 6.11.3 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50173?

CVE-2024-50173 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-2024-50173?

Yes, CVE-2024-50173 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.10.14, 6.11.3 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-2024-50173 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50173

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: Fix access to uninitialized variable in tick_ctx_cleanup() The group variable can't be used to retrieve ptdev in our second loop, because it points to the previously iterated list_head, not a valid group. Get the ptdev object from the scheduler instead.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-08

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2024-50173 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.10

Fixed in

✓ 6.10.14 6.10.x ✓ 6.11.3 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50173 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/282864cc5d3f144af0cdea1868ee2dc2c5110f0d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bde05794497d5f426d4ea2ecb9868bf7721fb24
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2ca5e5148a0d4d78ac01c2d8348d0757c7367f
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50173

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-08

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50173?

CVE-2024-50173 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 6.10.14, 6.11.3 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50173?

CVE-2024-50173 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-2024-50173?

Yes — CVE-2024-50173 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.10.14, 6.11.3 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-2024-50173 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.