What is CVE-2024-57916?

CVE-2024-57916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-57916?

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

Is CVE-2024-57916 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-57916

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Resolve kernel panic during GPIO IRQ handling Resolve kernel panic caused by improper handling of IRQs while accessing GPIO values. This is done by replacing generic_handle_irq with handle_nested_irq.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th 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 1f4d8ae231f47c7d890198cd847055a96482a443, 6.1, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57916?: CVE-2024-57916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-57916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-57916 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.