Is CVE-2024-53240 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-53240 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-53240?

CVE-2024-53240 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-53240?

CVE-2024-53240 has an EPSS score of 0.61% (45th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53240?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.234-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-53240

MEDIUM

5.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.234-1CVE-2024-53240

Fixed in:6.1.123-1CVE-2024-53240

Fixed in:6.12.6-1CVE-2024-53240

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.61%probability of exploitation in 30 days

45thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 45% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch7

Third-Party Advisory1

xenbits.xen.org

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.