7.8

CVE-2024-49973: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49973
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49973 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.4% 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
0.26%
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 49 · Related 46
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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
  • linux< 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 64648ae8c97ec5a3165021627f5a1658ebe081ca | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 991e8b0bab669b7d06927c3e442b3352532e8581 | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 21950321ad33d7613b1453f4c503d7b1871deb61 | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < fe44b3bfbf0c74df5712f44458689d0eccccf47d | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabf | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 92bc8647b4d65f4d4bf8afdb206321c1bc55a486 | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < 585c048d15ed559f20cb94c8fa2f30077efa4fbc | ≥ f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87, < ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9a | 5.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.4, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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