CVE-2024-53240: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-53240 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 16Timeline
- 24-12-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.62%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.62% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu170 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ ed773dd798bf720756d20021b8d8a4a3d7184bda, < 20f7f0cf7af5d81b218202ef504223af84b16a8f | ≥ e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27a, < 1d5354a9182b6d302ae10367cbec1ca339d4e4e7 | ≥ e6e897d4fe2f89c0bd94600a40bedf5e6e75e050, < 2657ba851fa3381256d81e431b20041dc232fd88 | ≥ d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, < 8b41e6bccf7de93982781be4125211443382e66d | ≥ d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, < fe9a8f5250aed0948b668c8a4e051e3b0fc29f09 | ≥ d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, < 7728e974ffbf14f17648dd92ea640b42b654d47c | ≥ d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, < f9244fb55f37356f75c739c57323d9422d7aa0f8 | 99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3dd | f2dd60fd3fe98bd36a91b0c6e10bfe9d66258f84 | ≥ 5.4.227, < 5.4.288 | ≥ 5.10.159, < 5.10.232 | ≥ 5.15.83, < 5.15.175 | ≥ 4.19.269, < 4.20 | ≥ 6.0.13, < 6.1 | 6.1
- linux_kernel≥ 4.19.269, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.4.227, < 5.4.288 | ≥ 5.10.159, < 5.10.232 | ≥ 5.15.83, < 5.15.175 | ≥ 6.0.13, < 6.1 | ≥ 6.1.1, < 6.1.121 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.67 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.6 | 6.1 | 6.13:rc1 | 6.13:rc2 | 6.13:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.6-1
3 vendors · 173 products
References
14 links- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-465.htmlThird Party Advisory