CVE-2024-26700

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Apr 3, 2024 linux CWE-476 EPSS 0.23% (13th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-26700 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 3, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Fix MST Null Ptr for RV

The change try to fix below error specific to RV platform:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008

PGD 0 P4D 0

Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

CPU: 4 PID: 917 Comm: sway Not tainted 6.3.9-arch1-1 #1 124dc55df4f5272ccb409f39ef4872fc2b3376a2

Hardware name: LENOVO 20NKS01Y00/20NKS01Y00, BIOS R12ET61W(1.31 ) 07/28/2022

RIP: 0010:drm_dp_atomic_find_time_slots+0x5e/0x260 [drm_display_helper]

Code: 01 00 00 48 8b 85 60 05 00 00 48 63 80 88 00 00 00 3b 43 28 0f 8d 2e 01 00 00 48 8b 53 30 48 8d 04 80 48 8d 04 c2 48 8b 40 18 <48> 8>

RSP: 0018:ffff960cc2df77d8 EFLAGS: 00010293

RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8afb87e81280 RCX: 0000000000000224

RDX: ffff8afb9ee37c00 RSI: ffff8afb8da1a578 RDI: ffff8afb87e81280

RBP: ffff8afb83d67000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8afb9652f850

R10: ffff960cc2df7908 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000

R13: ffff8afb8d7688a0 R14

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0, < 6.1.82	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-26700?

CVE-2024-26700 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 3, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-26700?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-26700?

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