CVE-2024-50024: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-50024 is a high (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 50 · Related 47Timeline
- 21-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still listeners for that family: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0 LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 Call Trace: __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0 Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the loop there is an element removal from this list.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.28% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu134 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-56.58
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1025.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 464801a0f6ccb52b21faa33bac6014fd74cc5e10 | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 8e0766fcf37ad8eed289dd3853628dd9b01b58b0 | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 68ad5da6ca630a276f0a5c924179e57724d00013 | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 1cdec792b2450105b1314c5123a9a0452cb2c2f0 | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 5f03a7f601f33cda1f710611625235dc86fd8a9e | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 3be342e0332a7c83eb26fbb22bf156fdca467a5d | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 49f9b726bf2bf3dd2caf0d27cadf4bc1ccf7a7dd | ≥ b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, < 1dae9f1187189bc09ff6d25ca97ead711f7e26f9 | 2.6.32
- linux_kernel≥ 2.6.32, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.57 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.4 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 137 products