What is CVE-2024-50295?

CVE-2024-50295 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.9.2 onward and patched in 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117 and others. CVE-2024-50295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50295?

CVE-2024-50295 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-2024-50295?

Yes, CVE-2024-50295 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50295 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50295

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: arc: fix the device for dma_map_single/dma_unmap_single The ndev->dev and pdev->dev aren't the same device, use ndev->dev.parent which has dma_mask, ndev->dev.parent is just pdev->dev. Or it would cause the following issue: [ 39.933526] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 39.938414] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 501 at kernel/dma/mapping.c:149 dma_map_page_attrs+0x90/0x1f8

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.9.2, 5.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.9.2 ≥ 5.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.230 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.172 5.15.x ✓ 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-2024-50295 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
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30606ea3fae57f8e9f2467415389e988e3c53a18
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3898393b5483c8aa2efd7cb13aa70e22078ab022
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71803c1dfa29e0d13b99e48fda11107cc8caebc7
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50295

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-2024-50295?

CVE-2024-50295 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.9.2 onward and has been patched in 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117 and others. CVE-2024-50295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50295?

CVE-2024-50295 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-2024-50295?

Yes — CVE-2024-50295 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.9.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50295 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50295 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.