5.5

CVE-2024-50012: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50012DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50012
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 01-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50012 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% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
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 40 · Related 38
DLA-4008-1DSA-5818-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Avoid a bad reference count on CPU node In the parse_perf_domain function, if the call to of_parse_phandle_with_args returns an error, then the reference to the CPU device node that was acquired at the start of the function would not be properly decremented. Address this by declaring the variable with the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute.

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

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

Ubuntu135 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < 2b846344b15f933a56903b7cdba9080f06c725ff | ≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < 6c3d8387839252f1a0fc6367f314446e4a2ebd0b | ≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < 0f41f383b5a61a2bf6429a449ebba7fb08179d81 | ≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < 77f88b17387a017416babf1e6488fa17682287e2 | ≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < 47cb1d9278f179df8250304ec41009e3e836a926 | ≥ 8486a32dd484a7d7ec25295c7439094608f54915, < c0f02536fffbbec71aced36d52a765f8c4493dc2 | 5.15
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 138 products

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