CVE-2024-26946

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/05/2024

Last modified:

18/09/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic. [ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.18 (including)	6.1.84 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.24 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.7.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.8 (including)	6.8.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-26946

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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