What is CVE-2024-39462?

CVE-2024-39462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-39462?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-39462 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2024-39462

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: bcm: dvp: Assign ->num before accessing ->hws Commit f316cdff8d67 ("clk: Annotate struct clk_hw_onecell_data with __counted_by") annotated the hws member of 'struct…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (50.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27, 6.6, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39462?: CVE-2024-39462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-39462?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39462 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.