CVE-2024-49573

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/01/2025

Last modified:

15/10/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY Adam reports that enabling NEXT_BUDDY insta triggers a WARN in pick_next_entity(). Moving clear_buddies() up before the delayed dequeue bits ensures no ->next buddy becomes delayed. Further ensure no new ->next buddy ever starts as delayed.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.12 (including)	6.12.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-49573

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools