CVE-2024-53164
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
18.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2024-12-27 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-12-27 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment Changes to sch->q.qlen around qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() need to happen _before_ a call to said function because otherwise it may fail to notify parent qdiscs when the child is about to become empty.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33db36b3c53d0fda2699ea39ba72bee4de8336e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44782565e1e6174c94bddfa72ac7267cd09c1648
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/489422e2befff88a1de52b2acebe7b333bded025
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e473f462a16f1a34e49ea4289a667d2e4f35b52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eb7de8cd58e73851cd37ff8d0666517d9926948
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e13434b5da8e91bdf965352fad2141d13d72d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e54ad9eff8bdaa70f897e5342e34b76109497f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html