CVE-2024-36978
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Moderate: kernel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.10 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | 5.4.279 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm |
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.221-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.99-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8162
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f208fad86631e005754606c3ec80c0d44a11882
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b1aa07cda6a199cd6754d3798c7759023bc70f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54c2c171c11a798fe887b3ff72922aa9d1411c1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/598572c64287aee0b75bbba4e2881496878860f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affc18fdc694190ca7575b9a86632a73b9fe043d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d9d241786f49ae7cbc08e7fc95a115e9d80f3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6fb5110e8722bc00748f22caeb650fe4672f129
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RXSA-2024:5101
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5102
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5101
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36978.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8162
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-36978
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2263879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265645
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265650
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265797
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266341
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266347
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.