7.8

CVE-2024-50237: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50237DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50237
Published 09-11-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50237 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% 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
0.27%
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 65 · Related 60
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1DSA-5818-1MGASA-2024-0368MGASA-2024-0369OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1

Timeline

  1. 09-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu134 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-268.302 | < 4.15.0-237.249 | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1143.149 | < 4.4.0-1181.196 | < 4.15.0-1180.193 | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < b0b862aa3dbcd16b3c4715259a825f48ca540088 | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < 78b698fbf37208ee921ee4cedea75b5d33d6ea9f | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < c21efba8b5a86537ccdf43f77536bad02f82776c | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < b2bcbe5450b20641f512d6b26c6b256a5a4f847f | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < 8f6cd4d5bb7406656835a90e4f1a2192607f0c21 | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < ee35c423042c9e04079fdee3db545135d609d6ea | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < 3ccf525a73d48e814634847f6d4a6150c6f0dffc | ≥ 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93, < 393b6bc174b0dd21bb2a36c13b36e62fc3474a23 | 3.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 4.19.323 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.285 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.229 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.171 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.116 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.60 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.7 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.7-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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