# netfilter: IDLETIMER: Fix for possible ABBA deadlock

CVE record · `CVE-2024-54683`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-54683`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Jan 2025, 12:29 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.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `0902b469bd25065aa0688c3cee6f11744c817e7c to before 5493d84a40f0e61da74e1b0db640845997836b4e` (git)
  - affected: `0902b469bd25065aa0688c3cee6f11744c817e7c to before 8c2c8445cda8f59c38dec7dc10509bcb23ae26a0` (git)
  - affected: `0902b469bd25065aa0688c3cee6f11744c817e7c to before 45fe76573a2557f632e248cc141342233f422b9a` (git)
  - affected: `0902b469bd25065aa0688c3cee6f11744c817e7c to before f36b01994d68ffc253c8296e2228dfe6e6431c03` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.36`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.36` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.67 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.6 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.13 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

- 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:** 0.0016, the 5th 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 11 Jan 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-54683](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54683)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-54683](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54683)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493d84a40f0e61da74e1b0db640845997836b4e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2c8445cda8f59c38dec7dc10509bcb23ae26a0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45fe76573a2557f632e248cc141342233f422b9a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36b01994d68ffc253c8296e2228dfe6e6431c03>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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