{"cve":"CVE-2024-42135","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-30T08:15:05.433","modified":"2026-06-17T07:48:54.350","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvhost_task: Handle SIGKILL by flushing work and exiting\n\nInstead of lingering until the device is closed, this has us handle\nSIGKILL by:\n\n1. marking the worker as killed so we no longer try to use it with\n   new virtqueues and new flush operations.\n2. setting the virtqueue to worker mapping so no new works are queued.\n3. running all the exiting works.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe067dc3a662eef7d5cddbbc41ed50a0b68b0af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5247d9bf5c6ade9fd70b4e4897441e0269b233","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dec987fe2df670827eb53b97c9552ed8dfc63ad4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe067dc3a662eef7d5cddbbc41ed50a0b68b0af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5247d9bf5c6ade9fd70b4e4897441e0269b233"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42135","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.1348,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}