VulnerabilityPublished 5 Nov 2024Updated 29 Oct 2026

CVE-2024-50110: Linux kernel · xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1 : update Linux kernel when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:34 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1077.86~20.04.1 +62

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

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Patches and advisories

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-58.60	Fixed in 6.8.0-58.60
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-aws`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1027.29	Fixed in 6.8.0-1027.29
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1027.32	Fixed in 6.8.0-1027.32
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure-6.11`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1	Fixed in 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure-nvidia`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1014.15	Fixed in 6.8.0-1014.15
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gcp`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1028.30	Fixed in 6.8.0-1028.30

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping During fuzz testing, the following issue was discovered: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30 _copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30 __skb_datagram_iter+0x168/0x1060 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5b/0x220 netlink_recvmsg+0x362/0x1700 sock_recvmsg+0x2dc/0x390 __sys_recvfrom+0x381/0x6d0 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x130/0x200 x64_sys_call+0x32c8/0x3cc0 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81 Uninit was stored to memory at: copy_to_user_state_extra+0xcc1/0x1e00 dump_one_state+0x28c/0x5f0 xfrm_state_walk+0x548/0x11e0 xfrm_dump_sa+0x1e0/0x840 netlink_dump+0x943/0x1c40 __netlink_dump_start+0x746/0xdb0 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x429/0xc00 netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780 xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0 netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280 netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490 __sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0 ____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30 ___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560 x64_sys_call+0x1316/0x3cc0 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81 Uninit was created at: __kmalloc+0x571/0xd30 attach_auth+0x106/0x3e0 xfrm_add_sa+0x2aa0/0x4230 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x832/0xc00 netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780 xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0 netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280 netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490 __sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0 ____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30 ___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560 x64_sys_call+0x1316/0x3cc0 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81 Bytes 328-379 of 732 are uninitialized Memory access of size 732 starts at ffff88800e18e000 Data copied to user address 00007ff30f48aff0 CPU: 2 PID: 18167 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.11 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Fixes copying of xfrm algorithms where some random data of the structure fields can end up in userspace. Padding in structures may be filled with random (possibly sensitve) data and should never be given directly to user-space. A similar issue was resolved in the commit 8222d5910dae ("xfrm: Zero padding when dumping algos and encap") Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

GCVE source: db.gcve.eu
OSV ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50110
Osv Schema Version: 1.7.0
Ecosystems: Ubuntu:16.04:LTS, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS
CVSS version: 3.1

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