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CVE-2024-42254: io_uring: fix error pbuf checking

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 68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99d, 78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35, bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97e.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99d, 78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35, bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97e 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: io_uring: fix error pbuf checking Syz reports a problem, which boils down to NULL vs IS_ERR inconsistent error handling in io_alloc_pbuf_ring(). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:__io_remove_buffers+0xac/0x700 io_uring/kbuf.c:341 Call Trace: <TASK> io_put_bl io_uring/kbuf.c:378 [inline] io_destroy_buffers+0x14e/0x490 io_uring/kbuf.c:392 io_ring_ctx_free+0xa00/0x1070 io_uring/io_uring.c:2613 io_ring_exit_work+0x80f/0x8a0 io_uring/io_uring.c:2844 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd40 kernel/workqueue.c:3390 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Published
Aug 8, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile

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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

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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

    • 6.10affected
    • 46b1b3d81a7e99574e1a2f914086bc2fe382d79d and later · before 78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35affected · git
    • 87585b05757dc70545efb434669708d276125559 and later · before 68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99daffected · git
    • 87585b05757dc70545efb434669708d276125559 and later · before bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97eaffected · git
    • before 6.10not affected · semver
    • 6.10.1 and later · up to and including 6.10.*not affected · semver
    • 6.11 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 kernel6.10

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-42252Aug 8, 2024 · closures: Change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-42253Aug 8, 2024 · gpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-42255Aug 8, 2024 · tpm: Use auth only after NULL check in tpm_buf_check_hmac_response()
    22Monitor

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 Linux68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97eVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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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.

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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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)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

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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