What is CVE-2024-57899?

CVE-2024-57899 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and patched in 6.6.70, 6.12.9 and 6.13. CVE-2024-57899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57899?

CVE-2024-57899 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-57899?

Yes, CVE-2024-57899 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.70, 6.12.9 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-57899 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-57899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-57899

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using or_each_set_bit(bit, &bits, sizeof(changed) * BITS_PER_BYTE), the code is incorrectly searching for a bit in a 32-bit variable that is expected to be 64 bits in size, leading to incorrect bit finding. Solution: Ensure that the size of the bits variable is correctly adjusted for each architecture. Call Trace: ? show_regs+0x54/0x58 ? __warn+0x6b/0xd4 ? ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0xcc/0xd4 [mac80211] ? report_bug+0x113/0x150 ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? handle_bug+0x27/0x44 ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x50 ? handle_exception+0xf6/0xf6 ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0xcc/0xd4 [mac80211] ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0xcc/0xd4 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_mesh_work+0xff/0x260 [mac80211] ? cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x72/0x98 [cfg80211] ? process_one_work+0xf1/0x1fc ? worker_thread+0x2c0/0x3b4 ? kthread+0xc7/0xf0 ? mod_delayed_work_on+0x4c/0x4c ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x14/0x14 ? ret_from_fork+0x24/0x38 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x14/0x14 ? ret_from_fork_asm+0xf/0x14 ? entry_INT80_32+0xf0/0xf0 [restore no-op path for no changes]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-01-15

Last modified 2025-10-17

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.70, 6.12.9, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.5

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.70 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.9 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-57899 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/36b739637d7042843f9df57212ecee6ed6e0d4b2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49dba1ded8dd5a6a12748631403240b2ab245c34
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86772872f9f5097cd03d0e1c6813238bd38c250b
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-57899

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-01-15

Modified 2025-10-17

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57899?

CVE-2024-57899 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and has been patched in 6.6.70, 6.12.9 and 6.13. CVE-2024-57899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57899?

CVE-2024-57899 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-57899?

Yes — CVE-2024-57899 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.70, 6.12.9 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-57899 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-57899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.