What is CVE-2024-35859?

CVE-2024-35859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-35859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-35859 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-35859

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path At the time bdev_may_open() is called, module reference is grabbed already, hence module reference s…

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ed5cc702d311c14b653323d76062b0294effa66e, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35859?: CVE-2024-35859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-35859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-35859 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.