🛡️ CVE-2024-44950 on Ubuntu — linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: sc16is7xx: fix invalid FIFO access with special register set When enabling access to the special register set, Receiver time-out and RHR interrupts can happen. In this case, the IRQ handler will try to read from the FIFO thru the RHR register at address 0x00, but address 0x00 is mapped to DLL register, resulting in erroneous FIFO reading. Call graph example: sc16is7xx_startup(): entry sc16is7xx_ms_proc(): entry sc16is7xx_set_termios(): entry sc16is7xx_set_baud(): DLH/DLL = $009C --> access special register set sc16is7xx_port_irq() entry --> IIR is 0x0C sc16is7xx_handle_rx() entry sc16is7xx_fifo_read(): --> unable to access FIFO (RHR) because it is mapped to DLL (LCR=LCR_CONF_MODE_A) sc16is7xx_set_baud(): exit --> Restore access to general register set Fix the problem by claiming the efr_lock mutex when accessing the Special register set.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-44950 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.8.0-50.51; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: None.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44950 is recorded against 129 packages.
- linux (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51)
- linux-allwinner-5.19
- linux-aws (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.22)
- linux-aws-5.0
- linux-aws-5.11
- linux-aws-5.13
- linux-aws-5.15
- linux-aws-5.19
- linux-aws-5.3
- linux-aws-5.4
- linux-aws-5.8
- linux-aws-6.2
- linux-aws-6.5
- linux-aws-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1)
- linux-aws-fips
- linux-aws-hwe
- linux-azure (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.23)
- linux-azure-4.15
- linux-azure-5.11
- linux-azure-5.13
- linux-azure-5.15
- linux-azure-5.19
- linux-azure-5.3
- linux-azure-5.4
Show the remaining 105 packages
- linux-azure-5.8
- linux-azure-6.2
- linux-azure-6.5
- linux-azure-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1)
- linux-azure-edge
- linux-azure-fde
- linux-azure-fde-5.19
- linux-azure-fde-6.2
- linux-azure-fips
- linux-bluefield
- linux-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-78.78+fips1)
- linux-gcp (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21)
- linux-gcp-4.15
- linux-gcp-5.11
- linux-gcp-5.13
- linux-gcp-5.15
- linux-gcp-5.19
- linux-gcp-5.3
- linux-gcp-5.4
- linux-gcp-5.8
- linux-gcp-6.2
- linux-gcp-6.5
- linux-gcp-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1)
- linux-gcp-fips
- linux-gke (fixed in 6.8.0-1015.19)
- linux-gke-4.15
- linux-gke-5.15
- linux-gke-5.4
- linux-gkeop (fixed in 6.8.0-1002.4)
- linux-gkeop-5.15
- linux-gkeop-5.4
- linux-hwe
- linux-hwe-5.11
- linux-hwe-5.13
- linux-hwe-5.15
- linux-hwe-5.19
- linux-hwe-5.4
- linux-hwe-5.8
- linux-hwe-6.2
- linux-hwe-6.5
- linux-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1)
- linux-hwe-edge
- linux-ibm (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17)
- linux-ibm-5.15
- linux-ibm-5.4
- linux-ibm-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1)
- linux-intel-5.13
- linux-intel-iot-realtime
- linux-intel-iotg
- linux-intel-iotg-5.15
- linux-iot
- linux-kvm
- linux-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51.1)
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1)
- linux-lts-xenial
- linux-nvidia (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21)
- linux-nvidia-6.2
- linux-nvidia-6.5
- linux-nvidia-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1)
- linux-nvidia-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.21.1)
- linux-nvidia-tegra
- linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15
- linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
- linux-oem
- linux-oem-5.10
- linux-oem-5.13
- linux-oem-5.14
- linux-oem-5.17
- linux-oem-5.6
- linux-oem-6.0
- linux-oem-6.1
- linux-oem-6.5
- linux-oem-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1018.18)
- linux-oracle (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.18)
- linux-oracle-5.0
- linux-oracle-5.11
- linux-oracle-5.13
- linux-oracle-5.15
- linux-oracle-5.3
- linux-oracle-5.4
- linux-oracle-5.8
- linux-oracle-6.5
- linux-oracle-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1)
- linux-raspi (fixed in 6.8.0-1016.18)
- linux-raspi-5.4
- linux-raspi-realtime (fixed in 6.8.0-2015.16)
- linux-raspi2
- linux-realtime (fixed in 6.8.1-1013.14)
- linux-realtime-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.1-1013.14~22.04.1)
- linux-riscv (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51.1)
- linux-riscv-5.11
- linux-riscv-5.15
- linux-riscv-5.19
- linux-riscv-5.8
- linux-riscv-6.5
- linux-riscv-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1)
- linux-starfive-5.19
- linux-starfive-6.2
- linux-starfive-6.5
- linux-xilinx (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.18)
- linux-xilinx-zynqmp
Timeline and source
Published on 4 September 2024 and last revised on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
- DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2026-35233 (4.4 Medium, published 1 May 2026)
- CVE-2026-21996 (3.3 Low, published 1 May 2026)
- CVE-2026-21991 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
- CGA-mcwh-q4vm-9f29 (published 29 Jan 2026)
- CGA-w6xv-3fg4-grm5 (published 29 Jan 2026)
- CGA-3vcx-q795-mc44 (published 7 Jan 2026)
- CGA-chv5-f6xr-gw4q (published 7 Jan 2026)
CVE-2024-44950 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 6.8.0-50.51 |
| linux-allwinner-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-aws | — | 6.8.0-1020.22 |
| linux-aws-5.0 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.3 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-aws-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-aws-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-aws-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-aws-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1 |
| linux-aws-fips | — | — |
| linux-aws-hwe | — | — |
| linux-azure | — | 6.8.0-1020.23 |
| linux-azure-4.15 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.3 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-azure-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-azure-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-azure-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-azure-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1 |
| linux-azure-edge | — | — |
| linux-azure-fde | — | — |
| linux-azure-fde-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-azure-fde-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-azure-fips | — | — |
| linux-bluefield | — | — |
| linux-fips | — | 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 |
| linux-gcp | — | 6.8.0-1019.21 |
| linux-gcp-4.15 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.3 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-gcp-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1 |
| linux-gcp-fips | — | — |
| linux-gke | — | 6.8.0-1015.19 |
| linux-gke-4.15 | — | — |
| linux-gke-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-gke-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-gkeop | — | 6.8.0-1002.4 |
| linux-gkeop-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-gkeop-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-hwe | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-hwe-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1 |
| linux-hwe-edge | — | — |
| linux-ibm | — | 6.8.0-1017.17 |
| linux-ibm-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-ibm-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-ibm-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1 |
| linux-intel-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-intel-iot-realtime | — | — |
| linux-intel-iotg | — | — |
| linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-iot | — | — |
| linux-kvm | — | — |
| linux-lowlatency | — | 6.8.0-50.51.1 |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1 |
| linux-lts-xenial | — | — |
| linux-nvidia | — | 6.8.0-1019.21 |
| linux-nvidia-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-nvidia-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-nvidia-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1 |
| linux-nvidia-lowlatency | — | 6.8.0-1019.21.1 |
| linux-nvidia-tegra | — | — |
| linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | — | — |
| linux-oem | — | — |
| linux-oem-5.10 | — | — |
| linux-oem-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-oem-5.14 | — | — |
| linux-oem-5.17 | — | — |
| linux-oem-5.6 | — | — |
| linux-oem-6.0 | — | — |
| linux-oem-6.1 | — | — |
| linux-oem-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-oem-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1018.18 |
| linux-oracle | — | 6.8.0-1017.18 |
| linux-oracle-5.0 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.13 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.3 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-oracle-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 |
| linux-raspi | — | 6.8.0-1016.18 |
| linux-raspi-5.4 | — | — |
| linux-raspi-realtime | — | 6.8.0-2015.16 |
| linux-raspi2 | — | — |
| linux-realtime | — | 6.8.1-1013.14 |
| linux-realtime-6.8 | — | 6.8.1-1013.14~22.04.1 |
| linux-riscv | — | 6.8.0-50.51.1 |
| linux-riscv-5.11 | — | — |
| linux-riscv-5.15 | — | — |
| linux-riscv-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-riscv-5.8 | — | — |
| linux-riscv-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-riscv-6.8 | — | 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1 |
| linux-starfive-5.19 | — | — |
| linux-starfive-6.2 | — | — |
| linux-starfive-6.5 | — | — |
| linux-xilinx | — | 6.8.0-1017.18 |
| linux-xilinx-zynqmp | — | — |
References
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