🛡️ CVE-2024-57899 on Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io) — linux

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2024-57899 in linux - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2024-57899 in the linux package for Root:Ubuntu:22.04. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-57899 as tracked by Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io), for the package linux. The fix is available in version 5.15.0-187.197.aikido.112; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Affected software

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-57899 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • linux (fixed in 5.15.0-187.197.aikido.112)
  • rootio-linux (fixed in 5.15.0-187.197.aikido.112)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2024-57899 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux — 5.15.0-187.197.aikido.112
rootio-linux — 5.15.0-187.197.aikido.112

References

N/A

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