7.8

CVE-2024-44995: linux Improper Locking

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44995DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44995
Published 04-09-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-44995 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Locking vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.1% 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
0.19%
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 34 · Related 29
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: fix a deadlock problem when config TC during resetting When config TC during the reset process, may cause a deadlock, the flow is as below: pf reset start │ ▼ ...... setup tc │ │ ▼ ▼ DOWN: napi_disable() napi_disable()(skip) │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ...... ...... │ │ ▼ │ napi_enable() │ ▼ UINIT: netif_napi_del() │ ▼ ...... │ ▼ INIT: netif_napi_add() │ ▼ ...... global reset start │ │ ▼ ▼ UP: napi_enable()(skip) ...... │ │ ▼ ▼ ...... napi_disable() In reset process, the driver will DOWN the port and then UINIT, in this case, the setup tc process will UP the port before UINIT, so cause the problem. Adds a DOWN process in UINIT to fix it.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 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≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < 67492d4d105c0a6321b00c393eec96b9a7a97a16 | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < fc250eca15bde34c4c8f806b9d88f55bd56a992c | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < 195918217448a6bb7f929d6a2ffffce9f1ece1cc | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < 6ae2b7d63cd056f363045eb65409143e16f23ae8 | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < fa1d4de7265c370e673583ac8d1bd17d21826cd9 | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < de37408d5c26fc4a296a28a0c96dcb814219bfa1 | ≥ bb6b94a896d4dd4dcdeccca87c3fd22521c652c0, < be5e816d00a506719e9dbb1a9c861c5ced30a109 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 5.4.283 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.225 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.166 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.107 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.48 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.7 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.7-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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