What is CVE-2024-50284?

CVE-2024-50284 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.71 onward and patched in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and others. CVE-2024-50284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50284?

CVE-2024-50284 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-2024-50284?

Yes, CVE-2024-50284 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.71 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50284 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50284

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix the missing xa_store error check xa_store() can fail, it return xa_err(-EINVAL) if the entry cannot be stored in an XArray, or xa_err(-ENOMEM) if memory allocation failed, so check error for xa_store() to fix it.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-19

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

Weakness type

CWE-754

CVE-2024-50284 is classified as CWE-754

See CWE-754 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.71, 5.15.145, 6.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.71 ≥ 5.15.145 ≥ 6.3

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.117 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.61 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.8 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50284 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/3abab905b14f4ba756d413f37f1fb02b708eee93
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/726c1568b9145fa13ee248df184b186c382a7ff8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a232c4f790f4bcd4d218904c56ac7a39a448f5
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50284

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-19

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50284?

CVE-2024-50284 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.71 onward and has been patched in 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and others. CVE-2024-50284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50284?

CVE-2024-50284 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-2024-50284?

Yes — CVE-2024-50284 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.71 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50284 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50284 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.