Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50234

Race Condition in Linux Kernel ≤ 4.19.323

Published
09 November 2024
Modified
03 November 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50234 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: Clear stale interrupts before resuming device iwl4965 fails upon resume from hibernation on my laptop. The reason seems to be a stale interrupt which isn't being cleared out…

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before interrupts are enabled. We end up with a race beween the resume trying to bring things back up, and the restart work (queued form the interrupt handler) trying to bring things down. Eventually the whole thing blows up. Fix the problem by clearing out any stale interrupts before interrupts get enabled during resume. Here's a debug log of the indicent: [ 12.042589] ieee80211 phy0: il_isr ISR inta 0x00000080, enabled 0xaa00008b, fh 0x00000000 [ 12.042625] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_irq_tasklet inta 0x00000080, enabled 0x00000000, fh 0x00000000 [ 12.042651] iwl4965 0000:10:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio. [ 12.042653] iwl4965 0000:10:00.0: On demand firmware reload [ 12.042690] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_irq_tasklet End inta 0x00000000, enabled 0xaa00008b, fh 0x00000000, flags 0x00000282 [ 12.052207] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_mac_start enter [ 12.052212] ieee80211 phy0: il_prep_station Add STA to driver ID 31: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [ 12.052244] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_set_hw_ready hardware ready [ 12.052324] ieee80211 phy0: il_apm_init Init card's basic functions [ 12.052348] ieee80211 phy0: il_apm_init L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S [ 12.055727] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_load_bsm Begin load bsm [ 12.056140] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_verify_bsm Begin verify bsm [ 12.058642] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_verify_bsm BSM bootstrap uCode image OK [ 12.058721] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_load_bsm BSM write complete, poll 1 iterations [ 12.058734] ieee80211 phy0: __il4965_up iwl4965 is coming up [ 12.058737] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_mac_start Start UP work done. [ 12.058757] ieee80211 phy0: __il4965_down iwl4965 is going down [ 12.058761] ieee80211 phy0: il_scan_cancel_timeout Scan cancel timeout [ 12.058762] ieee80211 phy0: il_do_scan_abort Not performing scan to abort [ 12.058765] ieee80211 phy0: il_clear_ucode_stations Clearing ucode stations in driver [ 12.058767] ieee80211 phy0: il_clear_ucode_stations No active stations found to be cleared [ 12.058819] ieee80211 phy0: _il_apm_stop Stop card, put in low power state [ 12.058827] ieee80211 phy0: _il_apm_stop_master stop master [ 12.058864] ieee80211 phy0: il4965_clear_free_frames 0 frames on pre-allocated heap on clear. [ 12.058869] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested [ 16.132299] iwl4965 0000:10:00.0: START_ALIVE timeout after 4000ms. [ 16.132303] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 16.132304] Hardware became unavailable upon resume. This could be a software issue prior to suspend or a hardware issue. [ 16.132338] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 181 at net/mac80211/util.c:1826 ieee80211_reconfig+0x8f/0x14b0 [mac80211] [ 16.132390] Modules linked in: ctr ccm sch_fq_codel xt_tcpudp xt_multiport xt_state iptable_filter iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables x_tables binfmt_misc joydev mousedev btusb btrtl btintel btbcm bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc iTCO_wdt i2c_dev iwl4965 iwlegacy coretemp snd_hda_codec_analog pcspkr psmouse mac80211 snd_hda_codec_generic libarc4 sdhci_pci cqhci sha256_generic sdhci libsha256 firewire_ohci snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg mmc_core snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep firewire_core led_class iosf_mbi snd_hda_core uhci_hcd lpc_ich crc_itu_t cfg80211 ehci_pci ehci_hcd snd_pcm usbcore mfd_core rfkill snd_timer snd usb_common soundcore video parport_pc parport intel_agp wmi intel_gtt backlight e1000e agpgart evdev [ 16.132456] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 181 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted 6.11.0-cl+ #143 [ 16.132460] Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6910p/30BE, BIOS 68MCU Ver. F.19 07/06/2010 [ 16.132463] Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn [ 16.132469] RIP: 0010:ieee80211_reconfig+0x8f/0x14b0 [mac80211] [ 16.132501] Code: da 02 00 0 ---truncated---

CWE(s)

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Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
6.12 · ≤ 4.19.323 · 4.20 — 5.4.285 · 5.5 — 5.10.229

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)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-367

Timestamps meeting UTC or offset standards help identify TOCTOU issues through precise chronological reconstruction of check/use operations.

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 include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

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.

none

Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.

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