7.8

CVE-2024-50188: net: phy: dp83869: fix memory corruption when enabling fiber

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50188DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50188
Published 08-11-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50188 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 34
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1

Timeline

  1. 08-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: dp83869: fix memory corruption when enabling fiber When configuring the fiber port, the DP83869 PHY driver incorrectly calls linkmode_set_bit() with a bit mask (1 << 10) rather than a bit number (10). This corrupts some other memory location -- in case of arm64 the priv pointer in the same structure. Since the advertising flags are updated from supported at the end of the function the incorrect line isn't needed at all and can be removed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu122 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 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≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < 21b5af7f0c99b3bf1fd02016e6708b613acbcaf4 | ≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < ad0d76b8ee5db063791cc2e7a30ffc9852ac37c4 | ≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < c1944b4253649fc6f2fb53e7d6302eb414d2182c | ≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < 9ca634676ff66e1d616259e136f96f96b2a1759a | ≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < e3f2de32dae35bc7d173377dc97b5bc9fcd9fc84 | ≥ a29de52ba2a156873505d8b8cef44e69925b8114, < a842e443ca8184f2dc82ab307b43a8b38defd6a5 | 5.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 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 · 125 products

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