What is CVE-2024-57952?

CVE-2024-57952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-57952?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-57952

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir" The current directory offset allocator (based on mtree_alloc_cyclic) stores the next offset value to return i…

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th 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 6.10.7, 6.13.1, 6.12.12
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13

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-2024-57952?: CVE-2024-57952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-57952?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.