What is CVE-2024-50235?

CVE-2024-50235 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.57 onward and patched in 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. CVE-2024-50235 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50235?

CVE-2024-50235 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-2024-50235?

Yes, CVE-2024-50235 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.57 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50235 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50235 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50235

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: clear wdev->cqm_config pointer on free When we free wdev->cqm_config when unregistering, we also need to clear out the pointer since the same wdev/netdev may get re-registered in another network namespace, then destroyed later, running this code again, which results in a double-free.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-09

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Weakness type

CWE-415

CVE-2024-50235 is classified as CWE-415

See CWE-415 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.57, 6.5.7, 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.57 ≥ 6.5.7 ≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.116 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.60 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.7 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50235 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
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e4c45d23cd7f6167f69cc2d2877bc7f54292e5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c44abb2d4c3262737d5d67832daebc8cf48b8c9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba392e1355ba74b1d4fa11b85f71ab6ed7ecc058
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50235

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-09

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50235?

CVE-2024-50235 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.57 onward and has been patched in 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. CVE-2024-50235 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50235?

CVE-2024-50235 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-2024-50235?

Yes — CVE-2024-50235 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.57 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50235 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50235 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.