What is CVE-2024-57991?

CVE-2024-57991 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and patched in 6.13.2 and 6.14. CVE-2024-57991 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57991?

CVE-2024-57991 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-2024-57991?

Yes, CVE-2024-57991 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.13.2 and 6.14. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-57991 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-57991 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-57991

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: chan: fix soft lockup in rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles() During rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles(), there is a normalizing process which will re-order the list if an entry with target pattern is found. And once one is found, should have aborted the list_for_each_entry. But, `break` just aborted the inner for-loop. The outer list_for_each_entry still continues. Normally, only the first entry will match the target pattern, and the re-ordering will change nothing, so there won't be soft lockup. However, in some special cases, soft lockup would happen. Fix it by `goto fill` to break from the list_for_each_entry. The following is a sample of kernel log for this problem. watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [wpa_supplicant:2055] [...] RIP: 0010:rtw89_entity_recalc ([...] chan.c:392 chan.c:479) rtw89_core [...]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-27

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 6.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.13.2, 6.14 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.13.2 6.13.x ✓ 6.14

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-57991 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/01d2d34e9fcc9897081c3c16a666f793c8a38c58
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223ba95fdcd3c6090e2bd51dce66abb6dd4f9df9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4790b3e314a4814f1680a5dc552031fb199b878
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-57991

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-27

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57991?

CVE-2024-57991 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and has been patched in 6.13.2 and 6.14. CVE-2024-57991 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57991?

CVE-2024-57991 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-2024-57991?

Yes — CVE-2024-57991 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.13.2 and 6.14. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-57991 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-57991 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.