5.5

CVE-2024-42267: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42267DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42267
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42267 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 10
DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310USN-7100-1USN-7100-2USN-7123-1

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error() Handle VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG() the kernel.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 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

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < 59be4a167782d68e21068a761b90b01fadc09146 | ≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < 20dbdebc5580cd472a310d56a6e252275ee4c864 | ≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < d7ccf2ca772bfe33e2c53ef80fa20d2d87eb6144 | ≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < 917f598209f3f5e4ab175d5079d8aeb523e58b1f | ≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < d4e7db757e2d7f4c407a007e92c98477eab215d2 | ≥ 07037db5d479f90377c998259a4f9a469c404edf, < 0c710050c47d45eb77b28c271cddefc5c785cb40 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.104 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.45 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.4 | 6.11:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.4-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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