What is CVE-2024-50266?

CVE-2024-50266 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and patched in 6.11.8 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50266 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50266?

CVE-2024-50266 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-2024-50266?

Yes, CVE-2024-50266 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.8 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50266 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50266 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50266

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: videocc-sm8350: use HW_CTRL_TRIGGER for vcodec GDSCs A recent change in the venus driver results in a stuck clock on the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, for example, when streaming video in firefox: video_cc_mvs0_clk status stuck at 'off' WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 2885 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:87 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c ... Call trace: clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c clk_branch2_enable+0x30/0x40 clk_core_enable+0xd8/0x29c clk_enable+0x2c/0x4c vcodec_clks_enable.isra.0+0x94/0xd8 [venus_core] coreid_power_v4+0x464/0x628 [venus_core] vdec_start_streaming+0xc4/0x510 [venus_dec] vb2_start_streaming+0x6c/0x180 [videobuf2_common] vb2_core_streamon+0x120/0x1dc [videobuf2_common] vb2_streamon+0x1c/0x6c [videobuf2_v4l2] v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon+0x30/0x80 [v4l2_mem2mem] v4l_streamon+0x24/0x30 [videodev] using the out-of-tree sm8350/sc8280xp venus support. [1] Update also the sm8350/sc8280xp GDSC definitions so that the hw control mode can be changed at runtime as the venus driver now requires.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-19

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.11.8, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.11.8 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50266 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/d055f6f2bdfb8b9c9bc071f748c16bd3afb2db0f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f903663a8dcd6e1656e52856afbf706cc14cbe6d
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50266

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-19

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50266?

CVE-2024-50266 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and has been patched in 6.11.8 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50266 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50266?

CVE-2024-50266 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-2024-50266?

Yes — CVE-2024-50266 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.8 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50266 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50266 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.