What is CVE-2024-50222?

CVE-2024-50222 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50222?

CVE-2024-50222 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50222?

Yes, CVE-2024-50222 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50222 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50222

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iov_iter: fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() if KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP generic/077 on x86_32 CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP=y with highmem, on huge=always tmpfs, issues a warning and then hangs (interruptibly): WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 3517 at mm/highmem.c:622 kunmap_local_indexed+0x62/0xc9 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 3517 Comm: cp Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4 #2 ... copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0xa6/0x5ec generic_perform_write+0xf6/0x1b4 shmem_file_write_iter+0x54/0x67 Fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() by limiting it in that case (include/linux/skbuff.h skb_frag_must_loop() does similar). But going forward, perhaps CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP is too surprising, has outlived its usefulness, and should just be removed?

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-09

Last modified 2025-10-01

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.60, 6.11.7, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

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-2024-50222 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/3a303409f271dfe0987b8f79595138340497a32d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f7ffa83fa79dd52efbaef366c850aaaae06a469
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c749d9b7ebbc5716af7a95f7768634b30d9446ec
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50222

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-09

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50222?

CVE-2024-50222 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50222?

CVE-2024-50222 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50222?

Yes — CVE-2024-50222 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50222 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.