What is CVE-2024-50080?

CVE-2024-50080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-50080?

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

Is CVE-2024-50080 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-50080

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: don't allow user copy for unprivileged device UBLK_F_USER_COPY requires userspace to call write() on ublk char device for filling request buffer, and unprivileged device can't be trusted. So don't allow user copy for unprivileged device.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th 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 1172d5b8beca6b899deb9f7f2850e7e47ec16198, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12

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-2024-50080?: CVE-2024-50080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-50080?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50080 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.