CVE-2024-57931: 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: selinux: ignore unknown extended permissions When evaluating extended permissions, ignore unknown permissions instead of calling BUG(). This commit ensures that future permissions can be added without interfering with older kernels.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.3, before 5.4.289 (fixed in 5.4.289); from 5.5, before 5.10.233 (fixed in 5.10.233); from 5.11, before 5.15.176 (fixed in 5.15.176); from 5.16, before 6.1.124 (fixed in 6.1.124); from 6.2, before 6.6.70 (fixed in 6.6.70); from 6.7, before 6.12.9 (fixed in 6.12.9); …

Published 2025-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.