Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-26626)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-26626). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipmr: fix kernel panic when forwarding mcast packets
The stacktrace was:
[ 86.305548] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000092
[ 86.306815] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 86.307717] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 86.308624] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 86.309091] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 86.309883] CPU: 2 PID: 3139 Comm: pimd Tainted: G U 6.8.0-6wind-knet #1
[ 86.311027] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org 04/01/2014
[ 86.312728] RIP: 0010:ip_mr_forward (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1985)
[ 86.313399] Code: f9 1f 0f 87 85 03 00 00 48 8d 04 5b 48 8d 04 83 49 8d 44 c5 00 48 8b 40 70 48 39 c2 0f 84 d9 00 00 00 49 8b 46 58 48 83 e0 fe <80> b8 92 00 00 00 00 0f 84 55 ff ff ff 49 83 47 38 01 45 85 e4 0f
[ 86.316565] RSP: 0018:ffffad21c0583ae0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 86.317497] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 86.318596] RDX: ffff9559cb46c000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 86.319627] RBP: ffffad21c0583b30 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 86.320650] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 86.321672] R13: ffff9559c093a000 R14: ffff9559cc00b800 R15: ffff9559c09c1d80
[ 86.322873] FS: 00007f85db661980(0000) GS:ffff955a79d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 86.32…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26626 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-26626" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-26626 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26626 linux Fixed in: 6.1.82-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26626 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org