What is CVE-2024-50263?

CVE-2024-50263 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-50263?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-50263

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fork: only invoke khugepaged, ksm hooks if no error There is no reason to invoke these hooks early against an mm that is in an incomplete state. The change in commit d2…

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th 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 d2406291483775ecddaee929231a39c70c08fda2, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50263?: CVE-2024-50263 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-50263?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.