What is CVE-2024-50239?

CVE-2024-50239 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50239?

CVE-2024-50239 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-2024-50239?

Yes, CVE-2024-50239 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-2024-50239 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2024-50239

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: qcom: qmp-usb-legacy: fix NULL-deref on runtime suspend Commit 413db06c05e7 ("phy: qcom-qmp-usb: clean up probe initialisation") removed most users of the platform device driver data from the qcom-qmp-usb driver, but mistakenly also removed the initialisation despite the data still being used in the runtime PM callbacks. This bug was later reproduced when the driver was copied to create the qmp-usb-legacy driver. Restore the driver data initialisation at probe to avoid a NULL-pointer dereference on runtime suspend. Apparently no one uses runtime PM, which currently needs to be enabled manually through sysfs, with these drivers.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-09

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-476

CVE-2024-50239 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

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

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29240130ab77c80bea1464317ae2a5fd29c16a0c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8066811a2c43fbb5f53c2c26d389e4bab9da34

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1cffd00daa9cf499b49a0da698eff5032914f6e

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50239

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 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-2024-50239?

CVE-2024-50239 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50239?

CVE-2024-50239 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-2024-50239?

Yes. CVE-2024-50239 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-2024-50239 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-50239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.