What is CVE-2024-53075?

CVE-2024-53075 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 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-53075 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53075?

CVE-2024-53075 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-2024-53075?

Yes, CVE-2024-53075 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.7 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-2024-53075 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-53075 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-53075

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Prevent a bad reference count on CPU nodes When populating cache leaves we previously fetched the CPU device node at the very beginning. But when ACPI is enabled we go through a specific branch which returns early and does not call 'of_node_put' for the node that was acquired. Since we are not using a CPU device node for the ACPI code anyways, we can simply move the initialization of it just passed the ACPI block, and we are guaranteed to have an 'of_node_put' call for the acquired node. This prevents a bad reference count of the CPU device node. Moreover, the previous function did not check for errors when acquiring the device node, so a return -ENOENT has been added for that case.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-19

Last modified 2025-03-13

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 6.11.7, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.11.7 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-53075 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/303846a3dc275e35fbb556d72f1e356ba669e4f8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37233169a6ea912020c572f870075a63293b786a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80aec5a855106c668b5978c48e789f010198b832
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-53075

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-19

Modified 2025-03-13

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53075?

CVE-2024-53075 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 6.11.7 and 6.12. CVE-2024-53075 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53075?

CVE-2024-53075 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-2024-53075?

Yes — CVE-2024-53075 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.11.7 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-2024-53075 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-53075 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.