What is CVE-2024-49951?

CVE-2024-49951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-49951?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-49951 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-49951

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible crash on mgmt_index_removed If mgmt_index_removed is called while there are commands queued on cmd_sync it could lead to crashes like the bellow trace: 0x0000053D: __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x98/0xdc 0x0000053D: mgmt_pending_remove+0x18/0x58 [bluetooth] 0x0000053E: mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0x80/0x108 [bluetooth] 0x0000053E: hci_cmd_sync_work+0xbc/0x164 [bluetooth] So while handling mgmt_index_removed this attempts to dequeue commands passed as user_data to cmd_sync.

EPSS: 0.002 (16.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 7cf5c2978f23fdbb2dd7b4e8b07e362ae2d8211c, 6.0, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49951?: CVE-2024-49951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-49951?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-49951 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.