What is CVE-2024-50285?

CVE-2024-50285 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 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50285 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50285?

CVE-2024-50285 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-2024-50285?

Yes, CVE-2024-50285 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and 6.12. 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-2024-50285 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50285 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50285

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: check outstanding simultaneous SMB operations If Client send simultaneous SMB operations to ksmbd, It exhausts too much memory through the "ksmbd_work_cache”. It will cause OOM issue. ksmbd has a credit mechanism but it can't handle this problem. This patch add the check if it exceeds max credits to prevent this problem by assuming that one smb request consumes at least one credit.

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

Weakness type

CWE-770

CVE-2024-50285 is classified as CWE-770

See CWE-770 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.61, 6.11.8, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.61 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.8 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50285 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/0a77d947f599b1f39065015bec99390d0c0022ee
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f993777275cbd8f74765c4f9d9285cb907c9be5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e257ac6fe138623cf59fca8898abdf659dbc8356
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50285

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-2024-50285?

CVE-2024-50285 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 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and 6.12. CVE-2024-50285 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50285?

CVE-2024-50285 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-2024-50285?

Yes — CVE-2024-50285 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.61, 6.11.8 and 6.12. 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-2024-50285 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50285 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.