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CVE-2024-57924: Linux kernel · fs: relax assertions on failure to encode file handles

Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 14:49 UTC

Severity
Low

Rated Low by Threat Radar's AI analysis · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix is available in the Linux kernel source that relaxes the assertions on file handle encoding failure. Users should update to the fixed kernel versions once released. There is no indication that additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

CVE-2024-57924 addresses an issue in the Linux kernel where assertions triggered by failure to encode file handles were overly strict. The kernel's filesystem method encode_fh() may fail for various reasons, and some users of exportfs_encode_fh() incorrectly asserted failures, causing unnecessary warnings. This update relaxes those assertions to correct this behavior.

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