7.8

CVE-2024-53164: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53164DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53164
Published 27-12-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53164 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% 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
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 76 · Related 74
DLA-4075-1DLA-4076-1MGASA-2025-0030MGASA-2025-0032OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1RHSA-2025:6966

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment Changes to sch->q.qlen around qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() need to happen _before_ a call to said function because otherwise it may fail to notify parent qdiscs when the child is about to become empty.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.26% 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.

Ubuntu134 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-277.311 | < 4.15.0-235.247 | < 5.4.0-205.225 | < 5.15.0-131.141 | < 6.8.0-52.53
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1151.157 | < 4.4.0-1189.204 | < 4.15.0-1178.191 | < 5.4.0-1139.149 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 44782565e1e6174c94bddfa72ac7267cd09c1648 | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 5e473f462a16f1a34e49ea4289a667d2e4f35b52 | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 33db36b3c53d0fda2699ea39ba72bee4de8336e8 | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 489422e2befff88a1de52b2acebe7b333bded025 | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 97e13434b5da8e91bdf965352fad2141d13d72d3 | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < e3e54ad9eff8bdaa70f897e5342e34b76109497f | ≥ 959466588aa7f84ccf79ae36a1d89542eaf9aaec, < 5eb7de8cd58e73851cd37ff8d0666517d9926948 | 4.14
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.289 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.233 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.176 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.122 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.68 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.7 | 6.13:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.8-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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