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CVE-2024-36971VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database

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Exploited in the wild · KEV due 28 Aug 2024 : apply the vendor's fix or mitigations to Linux kernel now.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:32 UTC

Exploitation

Actively exploited

High severity · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

KEV deadline
 US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else. Other KEV due dates

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Aug 2024

  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: evidence found.

    Listed in CISA KEV 7 days before disclosure

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

Timeline

  1. , 7 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. KEV remediation due

    US federal deadline

    , 14 days after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA KEV (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Description

A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's network route management subsystem, identified as CVE-2024-36971. This flaw affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS kernel packages and has been rated as having a high security impact. The vulnerability is known to be exploited in the wild. Red Hat has released a security update addressing this issue, and applying the update requires a system reboot.

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