What is CVE-2024-50185?

CVE-2024-50185 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.7 onward and patched in 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.113 and others. CVE-2024-50185 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50185?

CVE-2024-50185 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-2024-50185?

Yes, CVE-2024-50185 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.113 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50185 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50185 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50185

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: handle consistently DSS corruption Bugged peer implementation can send corrupted DSS options, consistently hitting a few warning in the data path. Use DEBUG_NET assertions, to avoid the splat on some builds and handle consistently the error, dumping related MIBs and performing fallback and/or reset according to the subflow type.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-08

Last modified 2025-11-03

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 5.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.113, 6.6.57, 6.11.4, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.7

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.228 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.169 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.113 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.57 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.4 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50185 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c1676d598e3b8dd92a033b623b792cc2ea1ec5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35668f8ec84f6c944676e48ecc6bbc5fc8e6fe25
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfd391bde685df7289b928ce8876a3583be4bfb
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50185

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-08

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50185?

CVE-2024-50185 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.7 onward and has been patched in 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.113 and others. CVE-2024-50185 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50185?

CVE-2024-50185 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-2024-50185?

Yes — CVE-2024-50185 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.113 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50185 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50185 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.