What is CVE-2024-53046?

CVE-2024-53046 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-53046 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53046?

CVE-2024-53046 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-2024-53046?

Yes, CVE-2024-53046 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-53046 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-53046 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-53046

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: dts: imx8ulp: correct the flexspi compatible string The flexspi on imx8ulp only has 16 LUTs, and imx8mm flexspi has 32 LUTs, so correct the compatible string here, otherwise will meet below error: [ 1.119072] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1.123926] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c:855 nxp_fspi_exec_op+0xb04/0xb64 [ 1.133239] Modules linked in: [ 1.136448] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-next-20240902-00001-g131bf9439dd9 #69 [ 1.146821] Hardware name: NXP i.MX8ULP EVK (DT) [ 1.151647] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 1.158931] pc : nxp_fspi_exec_op+0xb04/0xb64 [ 1.163496] lr : nxp_fspi_exec_op+0xa34/0xb64 [ 1.168060] sp : ffff80008002b2a0 [ 1.171526] x29: ffff80008002b2d0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 1.179002] x26: ffff2eb645542580 x25: ffff800080610014 x24: ffff800080610000 [ 1.186480] x23: ffff2eb645548080 x22: 0000000000000006 x21: ffff2eb6455425e0 [ 1.193956] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff80008002b5e0 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 1.201432] x17: ffff2eb644467508 x16: 0000000000000138 x15: 0000000000000002 [ 1.208907] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff2eb6400d8080 x12: 00000000ffffff00 [ 1.216378] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff2eb6400d8080 x9 : ffff2eb697adca80 [ 1.223850] x8 : ffff2eb697ad3cc0 x7 : 0000000100000000 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 1.231324] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000007a6 [ 1.238795] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 00000000000001ce x0 : 00000000ffffff92 [ 1.246267] Call trace: [ 1.248824] nxp_fspi_exec_op+0xb04/0xb64 [ 1.253031] spi_mem_exec_op+0x3a0/0x430 [ 1.257139] spi_nor_read_id+0x80/0xcc [ 1.261065] spi_nor_scan+0x1ec/0xf10 [ 1.264901] spi_nor_probe+0x108/0x2fc [ 1.268828] spi_mem_probe+0x6c/0xbc [ 1.272574] spi_probe+0x84/0xe4 [ 1.275958] really_probe+0xbc/0x29c [ 1.279713] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x12c [ 1.284277] driver_probe_device+0xd8/0x15c [ 1.288660] __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x134 [ 1.293316] bus_for_each_drv+0x88/0xe8 [ 1.297337] __device_attach+0xa0/0x190 [ 1.301353] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20 [ 1.305734] bus_probe_device+0xac/0xb0 [ 1.309752] device_add+0x5d0/0x790 [ 1.313408] __spi_add_device+0x134/0x204 [ 1.317606] of_register_spi_device+0x3b4/0x590 [ 1.322348] spi_register_controller+0x47c/0x754 [ 1.327181] devm_spi_register_controller+0x4c/0xa4 [ 1.332289] nxp_fspi_probe+0x1cc/0x2b0 [ 1.336307] platform_probe+0x68/0xc4 [ 1.340145] really_probe+0xbc/0x29c [ 1.343893] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x12c [ 1.348457] driver_probe_device+0xd8/0x15c [ 1.352838] __driver_attach+0x90/0x19c [ 1.356857] bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xdc [ 1.360877] driver_attach+0x24/0x30 [ 1.364624] bus_add_driver+0xe4/0x208 [ 1.368552] driver_register+0x5c/0x124 [ 1.372573] __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x34 [ 1.377497] nxp_fspi_driver_init+0x1c/0x28 [ 1.381888] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1c8 [ 1.385908] kernel_init_freeable+0x1c4/0x28c [ 1.390472] kernel_init+0x20/0x1d8 [ 1.394138] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 1.397885] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 1.407908] ------------[ cut here ]------------

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

Affected from

≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.60 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.7 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-53046 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/409dc5196d5b6eb67468a06bf4d2d07d7225a67b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3c02fa6a560b3af7999a067cd387970f4b3f1fa
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3fb0e6afcc399660770428a35162b4880e2e14e
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-53046

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-2024-53046?

CVE-2024-53046 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-53046 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53046?

CVE-2024-53046 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-2024-53046?

Yes — CVE-2024-53046 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.60, 6.11.7 and 6.12. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-53046 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-53046 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.