The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are     still listeners for that family: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000c080bc]     netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0 LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 Call     Trace: __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0 Change the unsafe loop     on the list to a safe one, because inside the loop there is an element removal from this list.
    (CVE-2024-50024)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50024

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231282

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Version 1.5 Sep 4, 2025, 5:30 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202509041730
Version 1.4 Aug 31, 2025, 9:16 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202508310916
Version 1.1 Mar 6, 2025, 5:02 PM New Plugin Feed: 202503061702