CVE-2024-58240
CSIRTS triage
- What
- TLS decryption request handling for non-async and async paths is not properly separated.
- Who is affected
- Linux kernel systems using TLS with asynchronous cryptographic operations.
- Urgency
- High priority due to severity rating; improper request handling could lead to encryption bypass or data corruption.
- Action
- Apply the kernel patch that separates no-async decryption request handling from async handling in the TLS subsystem.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.31% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 24% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- highCVE-2024-58240: tls: separate no-async decryption request handling from asyncmsrc · 2026-08-06
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