{"cve":"CVE-2024-49954","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:16.753","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:48.850","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstatic_call: Replace pointless WARN_ON() in static_call_module_notify()\n\nstatic_call_module_notify() triggers a WARN_ON(), when memory allocation\nfails in __static_call_add_module().\n\nThat's not really justified, because the failure case must be correctly\nhandled by the well known call chain and the error code is passed\nthrough to the initiating userspace application.\n\nA memory allocation fail is not a fatal problem, but the WARN_ON() takes\nthe machine out when panic_on_warn is set.\n\nReplace it with a pr_warn().","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/85a104aaef1f56623acc10ba4c42d5f046ba65b7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b83bef74c121a3311240fc4002d23486b85355e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc9356513d56b688775497b7ac6f2b967f46a80c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67534bd31d79952b50e791e92adf0b3e6c13b8c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2cdf4da093d0482f0ef36ba971e2e0c7673425"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49954","score":0.00236,"percentile":0.14611,"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."]}