9.8

CVE-2024-53138: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53138DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53138
Published 04-12-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53138 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.55%
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 47 · Related 45
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0392MGASA-2024-0393SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1

Timeline

  1. 04-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting The kTLS tx handling code is using a mix of get_page() and page_ref_inc() APIs to increment the page reference. But on the release path (mlx5e_ktls_tx_handle_resync_dump_comp()), only put_page() is used. This is an issue when using pages from large folios: the get_page() references are stored on the folio page while the page_ref_inc() references are stored directly in the given page. On release the folio page will be dereferenced too many times. This was found while doing kTLS testing with sendfile() + ZC when the served file was read from NFS on a kernel with NFS large folios support (commit 49b29a573da8 ("nfs: add support for large folios")).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

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

Ubuntu130 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-211.231 | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1142.152 | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < a0ddb20a748b122ea86003485f7992fa5e84cc95 | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < ffad2ac8c859c1c1a981fe9c4f7ff925db684a43 | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < c7b97f9e794d8e2bbaa50e1d6c230196fd214b5e | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < 69fbd07f17b0fdaf8970bc705f5bf115c297839d | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < 93a14620b97c911489a5b008782f3d9b0c4aeff4 | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < 2723e8b2cbd486cb96e5a61b22473f7fd62e18df | ≥ 84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8, < dd6e972cc5890d91d6749bb48e3912721c4e4b25 | 5.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.4, < 6.1.119 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.63 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.10 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5 | 6.12:rc6 | 6.12:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.10-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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