Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-35935

Info Disclosure in Linux Kernel ≤ 4.19.312

Published
19 May 2024
Modified
12 May 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 13th percentile
Risk Priority 28 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-35935 is a low-severity Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-209) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Software (T1592.002); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-11 (Error Handling) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: send: handle path ref underflow in header iterate_inode_ref() Change BUG_ON to proper error handling if building the path buffer fails. The pointers are not printed so we don't accidentally…

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leak kernel addresses.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1592.002 Software Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host software that can be used during targeting.
T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
T1592 Gather Victim Host Information Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's hosts that can be used during targeting.
T1595 Active Scanning Reconnaissance
Adversaries may execute active reconnaissance scans to gather information that can be used during targeting.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
≤ 4.19.312 · 4.20 — 5.4.274 · 5.5 — 5.10.215
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V16.5.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

si-11 directly requires error messages to avoid revealing exploitable information about the system or its data.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require sanitized error handling to prevent sensitive data disclosure.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid exposing sensitive data in errors.

finds

Security testing can detect error messages that leak sensitive information.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
degrades

Logging policy can require suppression of sensitive data in error messages.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates error-handling rules that avoid leaking sensitive information.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify safe error messaging.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include proper exception handling.

References