CVE-2024-53240 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-53240

xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
ed773dd798bf720756d20021b8d8a4a3d7184bda, e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27a, e6e897d4fe2f89c0bd94600a40bedf5e6e75e050, d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, 99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3dd, f2dd60fd3fe98bd36a91b0c6e10bfe9d66258f84, 5.4.227, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 4.19.269, 6.0.13, 6.1, 0, 5.4.288, 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121, 6.6.67, 6.12.6, 6.13

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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