What is CVE-2024-50243?

CVE-2024-50243 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and patched in 6.1.118, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. CVE-2024-50243 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50243?

CVE-2024-50243 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-2024-50243?

Yes, CVE-2024-50243 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.118, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50243 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50243 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50243

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix general protection fault in run_is_mapped_full Fixed deleating of a non-resident attribute in ntfs_create_inode() rollback.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-09

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 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.118, 6.6.60, 6.11.7, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.118 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-2024-50243 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/509c1c6b499a4d9026b58c6e1c3a10ed8db1839f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68b39c0765de7c97b34889c1f5e81c2a223fdacc
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e87c9aa8cf92cfceaff0aab244318bbb8b35137
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50243

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 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-2024-50243?

CVE-2024-50243 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and has been patched in 6.1.118, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. CVE-2024-50243 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50243?

CVE-2024-50243 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-2024-50243?

Yes — CVE-2024-50243 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.118, 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50243 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50243 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.