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CVE-2024-38614: openrisc: traps: Don't send signals to kernel mode threads

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 075c0405b0d7d9fc490609e988a3af0069596538, c0ed9a711e3392d73e857faa031d8d349c0d70db, c88cfb5cea5f8f9868ef02cc9ce9183a26dcf20f.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 075c0405b0d7d9fc490609e988a3af0069596538, c0ed9a711e3392d73e857faa031d8d349c0d70db, c88cfb5cea5f8f9868ef02cc9ce9183a26dcf20f or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openrisc: traps: Don't send signals to kernel mode threads OpenRISC exception handling sends signals to user processes on floating point exceptions and trap instructions (for debugging) among others. There is a bug where the trap handling logic may send signals to kernel threads, we should not send these signals to kernel threads, if that happens we treat it as an error. This patch adds conditions to die if the kernel receives these exceptions in kernel mode code.

Published
Jun 19, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.8
2.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.4affected
    • 27267655c5313ba0f5a3caa9ad35d887d9a12574 and later · before c0ed9a711e3392d73e857faa031d8d349c0d70dbaffected · git
    • 27267655c5313ba0f5a3caa9ad35d887d9a12574 and later · before 075c0405b0d7d9fc490609e988a3af0069596538affected · git
    • 27267655c5313ba0f5a3caa9ad35d887d9a12574 and later · before cea9d0015c140af39477dd5eeb9b20233a45daa9affected · git
    • 27267655c5313ba0f5a3caa9ad35d887d9a12574 and later · before c88cfb5cea5f8f9868ef02cc9ce9183a26dcf20faffected · git
    • before 6.4not affected · semver
    • 6.6.33 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.8.12 and later · up to and including 6.8.*not affected · semver
    • 6.9.3 and later · up to and including 6.9.*not affected · semver
    • 6.10 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.4 and later · before 6.6.33
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.8.12
  • linux linux kernel6.9 and later · before 6.9.3

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.8.12-16.8.12-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38611Jun 19, 2024 · media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38613Jun 19, 2024 · m68k: Fix spinlock race in kernel thread creation
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-38616Jun 19, 2024 · wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux075c0405b0d7d9fc490609e988a3af0069596538Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc0ed9a711e3392d73e857faa031d8d349c0d70dbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc88cfb5cea5f8f9868ef02cc9ce9183a26dcf20fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcea9d0015c140af39477dd5eeb9b20233a45daa9Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.8.12-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

—

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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