CVE-2024-26788

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Apr 4, 2024 linux CWE-908 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-2024-26788 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 4, 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:

dmaengine: fsl-qdma: init irq after reg initialization

Initialize the qDMA irqs after the registers are configured so that

interrupts that may have been pending from a primary kernel don't get

processed by the irq handler before it is ready to and cause panic with

the following trace:

Call trace:

fsl_qdma_queue_handler+0xf8/0x3e8

__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x78/0x2b0

handle_irq_event_percpu+0x1c/0x68

handle_irq_event+0x44/0x78

handle_fasteoi_irq+0xc8/0x178

generic_handle_irq+0x24/0x38

__handle_domain_irq+0x90/0x100

gic_handle_irq+0x5c/0xb8

el1_irq+0xb8/0x180

_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x14/0x40

__setup_irq+0x4bc/0x798

request_threaded_irq+0xd8/0x190

devm_request_threaded_irq+0x74/0xe8

fsl_qdma_probe+0x4d4/0xca8

platform_drv_probe+0x50/0xa0

really_probe+0xe0/0x3f8

driver_probe_device+0x64/0x130

device_driver_attach+0x6c/0x78

__driver_attach+0xbc/0x158

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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	>= 5.1, < 5.4.271	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-26788?

CVE-2024-26788 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 4, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-26788?

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-2024-26788?

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