# posix-clock: Fix missing timespec64 check in pc_clock_settime()

CVE record · `CVE-2024-50195`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-50195`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-754](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-754](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-754.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 8 Nov 2024, 05:54 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.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before 29f085345cde24566efb751f39e5d367c381c584` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before e0c966bd3e31911b57ef76cec4c5796ebd88e512` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before 673a1c5a2998acbd429d6286e6cad10f17f4f073` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before c8789fbe2bbf75845e45302cba6ffa44e1884d01` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before 27abbde44b6e71ee3891de13e1a228aa7ce95bfe` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before a3f169e398215e71361774d13bf91a0101283ac2` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before 1ff7247101af723731ea42ed565d54fb8f341264` (git)
  - affected: `0606f422b453f76c31ab2b1bd52943ff06a2dcf2 to before d8794ac20a299b647ba9958f6d657051fc51a540` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.39`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.39` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.323 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.285 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.228 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.169 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.114 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.58 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.5 to 6.11.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0023, the 14th percentile, on 9 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 8 Nov 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-50195](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50195)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-50195](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50195)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29f085345cde24566efb751f39e5d367c381c584>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c966bd3e31911b57ef76cec4c5796ebd88e512>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673a1c5a2998acbd429d6286e6cad10f17f4f073>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8789fbe2bbf75845e45302cba6ffa44e1884d01>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27abbde44b6e71ee3891de13e1a228aa7ce95bfe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f169e398215e71361774d13bf91a0101283ac2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff7247101af723731ea42ed565d54fb8f341264>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8794ac20a299b647ba9958f6d657051fc51a540>

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.

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