What is CVE-2024-53225?

CVE-2024-53225 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.12 onward and patched in 6.12.2 and 6.13. CVE-2024-53225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53225?

CVE-2024-53225 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-2024-53225?

Yes, CVE-2024-53225 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.2 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-53225 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-53225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-53225

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Fix alignment failure at max_n_shift When configuring a kernel with PAGE_SIZE=4KB, depending on its setting of CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT, VCMDQ_LOG2SIZE_MAX=19 could fail the alignment test and trigger a WARN_ON: WARNING: at drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c:3646 Call trace: arm_smmu_init_one_queue+0x15c/0x210 tegra241_cmdqv_init_structures+0x114/0x338 arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb48/0x1d90 Fix it by capping max_n_shift to CMDQ_MAX_SZ_SHIFT as SMMUv3 CMDQ does.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-12-27

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 6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.2, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.12

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.2 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-53225 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/85a1d70b86dbcb84a68e7e4942a5181276945988
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3799717b881aa0f4e722afb70e7b8ba84ae4f36
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-53225

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-12-27

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53225?

CVE-2024-53225 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.12 onward and has been patched in 6.12.2 and 6.13. CVE-2024-53225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53225?

CVE-2024-53225 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-2024-53225?

Yes — CVE-2024-53225 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.2 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-53225 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-53225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.