What is CVE-2024-50216?

CVE-2024-50216 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.3 onward and patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50216 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50216?

CVE-2024-50216 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-2024-50216?

Yes, CVE-2024-50216 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50216 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50216 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50216

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix finding a last resort AG in xfs_filestream_pick_ag When the main loop in xfs_filestream_pick_ag fails to find a suitable AG it tries to just pick the online AG. But the loop for that uses args->pag as loop iterator while the later code expects pag to be set. Fix this by reusing the max_pag case for this last resort, and also add a check for impossible case of no AG just to make sure that the uninitialized pag doesn't even escape in theory.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-09

Last modified 2025-10-08

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 6.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.60, 6.11.7, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.3

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.60 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.7 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50216 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/77ddc732416b017180893cbb2356e9f0a414c575
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a023408925acd64db5c8980373fcb3e28ec6fd29
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc60992ce76fbc2f71c2674f435ff6bde2108028
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50216

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-09

Modified 2025-10-08

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50216?

CVE-2024-50216 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.3 onward and has been patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50216 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50216?

CVE-2024-50216 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-2024-50216?

Yes — CVE-2024-50216 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50216 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50216 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.