9.8

CVE-2024-36958: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36958DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36958
Published 30-05-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36958 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu82 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1013.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Netapp9 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 83ab8678ad0c6f27594c716cafe59c8bbd5e49ef, < 6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bc | ≥ 83ab8678ad0c6f27594c716cafe59c8bbd5e49ef, < 18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7 | 6.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.8.10 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2 | 6.9:rc3 | 6.9:rc4 | 6.9:rc5 | 6.9:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.8.11-1

4 vendors · 94 products

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