What is CVE-2024-50024?

CVE-2024-50024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-50024?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-50024 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-50024

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still listeners for that family: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0 LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 Call Trace: __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0 Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the loop there is an element removal from this list.

Published 2024-10-21 · last modified 2026-08-04.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289, 2.6.32, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.12

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50024?: CVE-2024-50024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-50024?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50024 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.