Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-35975

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix transmit scheduler resource leak Inorder to support shaping and scheduling, Upon class creation Netdev driver allocates trasmit schedulers. The previous patch which added support for Round robin scheduling has a bug due to which driver is not freeing transmit schedulers post class deletion. This patch fixes the same.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-35975: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 47a9656f168a4b76a1e069ed8a67924ea8c1ac43, 6.6, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.9

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35975?
CVE-2024-35975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-35975?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.