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CVE-2024-43865

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-43865 addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's s390 FPU code, where exception handling for the lfpc instruction was inadvertently removed during a rewrite. This oversight could lead to unhandled specification exceptions when invalid floating-point register values are loaded. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to trigger a denial of service (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.9, < 6.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 42nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-43865Moderate

kernel: s390/fpu: Re-add exception handling in load_fpu_state()

Aug 20, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4734406c39238cbeafe66f0060084caa3247ff53
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/494b14138201f07343e5488db6360c828fcc8cf6
Patch