CVE-2024-53240

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-12-24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.

See more information about CVE-2024-53240 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Adjacent_Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20095	2025-02-09
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20095	2025-02-09