CVE-2024-54159
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp...
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.
- Record
CVE-2024-54159- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:L/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-52323
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.
- Record
EUVD-2024-52323- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:L/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x839-278f-vq33
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp...
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.
- Record
GHSA-x839-278f-vq33- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.
- Record
CVE-2024-54159- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14886-1 No score
stalld-1.19.8-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the stalld-1.19.8-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14886-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:20468-1 No score
Security update for stalld
This update for stalld fixes the following issues:
Update to 1.19.8.
Check https://gitlab.com/rt-linux-tools/stalld/-/releases for the full list of changes.
Changes since 1.19.6:
- Address CVE-2024-54159, which is a DoS issue with the way throttlectl.sh uses temp files (bsc#1230327)
- Fix a compilation issue with a prototype mis-match in stalld.h and utils.c for cleanup_regex()
- Workaround missing sched_getattr() export from glibc
- Fix a problem with parsing /sys/kernel/debug/sched/debug on aarch64
- Place the original scheduling values in a root-owned directory in /run/stalld, not into the public /tmp directory (bsc#1230327).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:20468-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-54159 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in stalld, published November 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. Fixed in stalld 1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/29/3
security.opensuse.org/2024/11/29/stalld-fixed-tmp-file.html
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54159
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x839-278f-vq33
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202520468-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1230327