# Drivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails

CVE record · `CVE-2024-36913`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-36913`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.3 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-1258](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1258.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-1258](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1258.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 30 May 2024, 15:29 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `f2f136c05fb6093818a3b3fefcba46231ac66a62 to before 7f2afcbfe4f6b6047b5f68db5067b7321e5be125` (git)
  - affected: `f2f136c05fb6093818a3b3fefcba46231ac66a62 to before 6123a4e8e25bd40cf44db14694abac00e6b664e6` (git)
  - affected: `f2f136c05fb6093818a3b3fefcba46231ac66a62 to before e813a0fc2e597146e9cebea61ced9c796d4e308f` (git)
  - affected: `f2f136c05fb6093818a3b3fefcba46231ac66a62 to before 03f5a999adba062456c8c818a683beb1b498983a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.16`
  - unaffected: `before 5.16` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.143 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.31 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.8.10 to 6.8.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.9 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.3 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 8.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0066, the 51st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 30 May 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-36913](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36913)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-36913](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36913)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2afcbfe4f6b6047b5f68db5067b7321e5be125>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6123a4e8e25bd40cf44db14694abac00e6b664e6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e813a0fc2e597146e9cebea61ced9c796d4e308f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f5a999adba062456c8c818a683beb1b498983a>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2024-36913>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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