What is CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 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 6.12.8 and 6.13. CVE-2024-57800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 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-2024-57800?

Yes, CVE-2024-57800 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.8 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-2024-57800 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-57800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-57800

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking With CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG enabled, the following warning is observed: DMA-API: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x00000000ffff0000] [size=20480 bytes] [mapped as single] WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 2255 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1036 check_unmap+0x1408/0x2430 CPU: 28 UID: 42 PID: 2255 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G W L 6.12.0-10-133577cad6bf48e5a7848c4338124081393bfe8a+ #759 debug_dma_unmap_page+0xe9/0xf0 snd_dma_wc_free+0x85/0x130 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_lib_free_pages+0x1e3/0x440 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x1c9a/0x2960 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_ioctl+0x6a/0xc0 [snd_pcm] ... Check for returned DMA addresses using specialized dma_mapping_error() helper which is generally recommended for this purpose by Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-01-11

Last modified 2025-10-16

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 6.12.8, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.12

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.8 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-57800 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/c180c3f42d340e8dcb9094bb8ea7d477d37081a8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0308134d26dbbeb209a1581eea46df663866b6
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-57800

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-01-11

Modified 2025-10-16

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 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 6.12.8 and 6.13. CVE-2024-57800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 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-2024-57800?

Yes — CVE-2024-57800 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.8 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-2024-57800 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-57800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.