CVE-2024-53240

5.7 MEDIUM
Published: December 24, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5354a9182b6d302ae10367cbec1ca339d4e4e7
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f7f0cf7af5d81b218202ef504223af84b16a8f
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2657ba851fa3381256d81e431b20041dc232fd88
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7728e974ffbf14f17648dd92ea640b42b654d47c
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b41e6bccf7de93982781be4125211443382e66d
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9244fb55f37356f75c739c57323d9422d7aa0f8
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe9a8f5250aed0948b668c8a4e051e3b0fc29f09
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-465.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.7 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
45th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux