7.8

CVE-2024-42097: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42097DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42097
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42097 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
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 31 · Related 30
DLA-4008-1SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: emux: improve patch ioctl data validation In load_data(), make the validation of and skipping over the main info block match that in load_guspatch(). In load_guspatch(), add checking that the specified patch length matches the actually supplied data, like load_data() already did.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

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

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-195.215 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1132.142 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 40d7def67841343c10f8642a41031fecbb248bab | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 79d9a000f0220cdaba1682d2a23c0d0c61d620a3 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < d23982ea9aa438f35a8c8a6305943e98a8db90f6 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 7a18293fd8d8519c2f7a03753bc1583b18e3db69 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < d0ff2443fcbb472206d45a5d2a90cc694065804e | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < d8f5ce3cb9adf0c72e2ad6089aba02d7a32469c2 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 87039b83fb7bfd7d0e0499aaa8e6c049906b4d14 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 89b32ccb12ae67e630c6453d778ec30a592a212f | 2.6.12
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.317 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.279 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.221 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.162 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.97 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.37 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.8
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.98-1 | < 6.9.8-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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