CVE-2024-57931: Linux kernel · selinux: ignore unknown extended permissions
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Jan 2025
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.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix has been implemented in the Linux kernel to ignore unknown extended permissions rather than triggering a BUG(). Users should apply the updated kernel version containing this fix once available. No alternative mitigations are indicated.
Description
CVE-2024-57931 addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SELinux subsystem where unknown extended permissions were not properly handled, causing the kernel to call BUG(). The fix changes this behavior to ignore unknown permissions, allowing future permissions to be added without causing kernel crashes.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57931 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/712137b177b45f255ce5687e679d950fcb218256 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/900f83cf376bdaf798b6f5dcb2eae0c822e908b6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1dbd28a079553de0023e1c938c713efeeee400f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c79324d42fa48372e0acb306a2761cc642bd4db0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/efefe36c03a73bb81c0720ce397659a5051b73fa (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f45a77dd24ae9ddb474303ec3975c376bd99fc51 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f70e4b9ec69d9a74b84c17767a9a4eda8c901021 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)