CVE-2024-53240
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CVE-2024-53240 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.7/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 4.19.269, < 4.20 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.4.227, < 5.4.288 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.10.159, < 5.10.232 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.15.83, < 5.15.175 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.0.13, < 6.1 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.1.1, < 6.1.121 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.67 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.6 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.1 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.13 | Rc1 |
References
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-465.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
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