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CVE-2024-26744

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Apr 3, 2024 linux CWE-476 EPSS 0.26% (17th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-26744 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:

RDMA/srpt: Support specifying the srpt_service_guid parameter

Make loading ib_srpt with this parameter set work. The current behavior is

that setting that parameter while loading the ib_srpt kernel module

triggers the following kernel crash:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000

Call Trace:

<TASK>

parse_one+0x18c/0x1d0

parse_args+0xe1/0x230

load_module+0x8de/0xa60

init_module_from_file+0x8b/0xd0

idempotent_init_module+0x181/0x240

__x64_sys_finit_module+0x5a/0xb0

do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xe0

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

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 >= 3.3, < 4.19.308 Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5c039dac1b1b7ba3e91c791f4421052bf79b82 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/84f1dac960cfa210a3b7a7522e6c2320ae91932b Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/989af2f29342a9a7c7515523d879b698ac8465f4 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee4dcfe17219fe60f2821923adea98549060af8 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99a827d3cff9f84e1cb997b7cc6386d107aa74d Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0055d6461b36bfc25a9d2ab974eef78d36a6738 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdfa083549de5d50ebf7f6811f33757781e838c0 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe2a73d57319feab4b3b175945671ce43492172f Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5c039dac1b1b7ba3e91c791f4421052bf79b82 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/84f1dac960cfa210a3b7a7522e6c2320ae91932b

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-26744?

CVE-2024-26744 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-2024-26744?

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-2024-26744?

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.

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