What is CVE-2024-58078?

CVE-2024-58078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.2 onward and patched in 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3 and others. CVE-2024-58078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-58078?

CVE-2024-58078 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-2024-58078?

Yes, CVE-2024-58078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-58078 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-58078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-58078

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors misc_minor_alloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR but misc_minor_free was always freeing ids using ida_free causing a mismatch and following warn: > > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 159 at lib/idr.c:525 ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f > > ida_free called for id=127 which is not allocated. > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ... > > [<60941eb4>] ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f > > [<605ac993>] misc_minor_free+0x3e/0xbc > > [<605acb82>] misc_deregister+0x171/0x1b3 misc_minor_alloc is changed to allocate id from ida for all minors falling in the range of dynamic/ misc dynamic minors

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-03-06

Last modified 2025-10-31

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 6.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3, 6.14 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.2

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.78 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.14 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.3 6.13.x ✓ 6.14

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-58078 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/3df72111c39f7e4c5029c9ff720b56ec2e05b764
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6635332d246d7db89b90e145f2bf937406cecaf0
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d04d2b554b14ae6c428a9c60b6c85f1e5c89f68
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-58078

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-03-06

Modified 2025-10-31

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-58078?

CVE-2024-58078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.2 onward and has been patched in 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3 and others. CVE-2024-58078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-58078?

CVE-2024-58078 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-2024-58078?

Yes — CVE-2024-58078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-58078 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-58078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.