Answer in brief
CVE-2024-36909 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <2f622008bf784a9f5dd17baa19223cc2ac30a039 || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <82f9e213b124a7d2bb5b16ea35d570260ef467e0 || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <a9212a4e2963a7fbe3864ba33dc551d4ad8d0abb || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <30d18df6567be09c1433e81993e35e3da573ac48 | 2f622008bf784a9f5dd17baa19223cc2ac30a039, 82f9e213b124a7d2bb5b16ea35d570260ef467e0, a9212a4e2963a7fbe3864ba33dc551d4ad8d0abb, 30d18df6567be09c1433e81993e35e3da573ac48 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 30, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host to cause set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an error is returned and the resulting memory is shared. Callers need to take care to handle these errors to avoid returning decrypted (shared) memory to the page allocator, which could lead to functional or security issues. The VMBus ring buffer code could free decrypted/shared pages if set_memory_decrypted() fails. Check the decrypted field in the struct vmbus_gpadl for the ring buffers to decide whether to free the memory.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2024-36909 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <2f622008bf784a9f5dd17baa19223cc2ac30a039 || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <82f9e213b124a7d2bb5b16ea35d570260ef467e0 || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <a9212a4e2963a7fbe3864ba33dc551d4ad8d0abb || >=d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 <30d18df6567be09c1433e81993e35e3da573ac48 | 2f622008bf784a9f5dd17baa19223cc2ac30a039, 82f9e213b124a7d2bb5b16ea35d570260ef467e0, a9212a4e2963a7fbe3864ba33dc551d4ad8d0abb, 30d18df6567be09c1433e81993e35e3da573ac48 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 30, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host to cause set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an error is returned and the resulting memory is shared. Callers need to take care to handle these errors to avoid returning decrypted (shared) memory to the page allocator, which could lead to functional or security issues. The VMBus ring buffer code could free decrypted/shared pages if set_memory_decrypted() fails. Check the decrypted field in the struct vmbus_gpadl for the ring buffers to decide whether to free the memory.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.