Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53241x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S. This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations. This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3893
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3893
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.50.1.rt7.391.el8_10ALSA-2025:3894
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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Debian:12linux6.1.123-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53241
Debian:13linux6.12.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53241
Debian:14linux6.12.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53241
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1RLSA-2025:20095
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10RLSA-2025:3893
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7RLSA-2025:20518
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.50.1.rt7.391.el8_10RLSA-2025:3894
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-135.146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-60.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1080.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53241

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before 05df6e6cd9a76b778aee33c3c18c9f3b3566d4a5cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before c7b4cfa6213a44fa48714186dfdf125072d036e3cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before fa719857f613fed94a79da055b13ca51214c694fcdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before 82c211ead1ec440dbf81727e17b03b5e3c44b93dcdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before f7c3fdad0a474062d566aae3289d490d7e702d30cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8 – before a2796dff62d6c6bfc5fbebdf2bee0d5ac0438906
Linux Linux 2.6.27

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