CVE-2024-49573: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY Adam reports that enabling NEXT_BUDDY insta triggers a WARN in pick_next_entity(). Moving clear_buddies() up before the delayed dequeue bits ensures no ->next buddy becomes delayed. Further ensure no new ->next buddy ever starts as delayed.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.12, before 6.12.7 (fixed in 6.12.7); version 6.13 only

Published 2025-01-11. Last modified 2026-08-04.