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CVE-2024-35971

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-35971 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the ks8851 Ethernet driver, where a system hang can occur due to a re-entrant spinlock attempt during interrupt handling. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service (system hang). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.8, < 6.1.87CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-35971Moderate

kernel: net: ks8851: Handle softirqs at the end of IRQ thread to fix hang

May 20, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2024-35971Moderate

net: ks8851: Handle softirqs at the end of IRQ thread to fix hang

May 14, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/492337a4fbd1421b42df684ee9b34be2a2722540
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/49d5d70538b6b8f2a3f8f1ac30c1f921d4a0929b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/be0384bf599cf1eb8d337517feeb732d71f75a6f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cba376eb036c2c20077b41d47b317d8218fe754f
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/2
Mailing List