CVE-2024-50076: linux Missing Initialization of Resource
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-50076 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Missing Initialization of Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 23 · Related 24Timeline
- 29-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
48%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.61% 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 causeAffected systems
Ubuntu103 products
- linux< 6.8.0-56.58
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1025.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < efc67cee700b89ffbdb74a0603a083ec1290ae31 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < dc794e878e6d79f75205be456b1042a289c5759d | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < b3959d5eca136e0588f9af3867b34032160cb826 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < dc2d5f02636c7587bdd6d1f60fc59c55860b00a4 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < f956052e00de211b5c9ebaa1958366c23f82ee9e | 2.6.12
- linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.6.58 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.5 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.5-1
3 vendors · 106 products
