Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26847)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26847). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.21, 6.7.9 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

powerpc/rtas: use correct function name for resetting TCE tables

The PAPR spec spells the function name as

"ibm,reset-pe-dma-windows"

but in practice firmware uses the singular form:

"ibm,reset-pe-dma-window"

in the device tree. Since we have the wrong spelling in the RTAS
function table, reverse lookups (token -> name) fail and warn:

unexpected failed lookup for token 86
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 545 at arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:659 __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a4/0x2b4
CPU: 1 PID: 545 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4 #30
Hardware name: IBM,9105-22A POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NL1060_028) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP [c0000000000417f0] __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a4/0x2b4
LR [c0000000000417ec] __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a0/0x2b4
Call Trace:
__do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a0/0x2b4 (unreliable)
rtas_call+0x1f8/0x3e0
enable_ddw.constprop.0+0x4d0/0xc84
dma_iommu_dma_supported+0xe8/0x24c
dma_set_mask+0x5c/0xd8
mlx5_pci_init.constprop.0+0xf0/0x46c [mlx5_core]
probe_one+0xfc/0x32c [mlx5_core]
local_pci_probe+0x68/0x12c
pci_call_probe+0x68/0x1ec
pci_device_probe+0xbc/0x1a8
really_probe+0x104/0x570
__driver_probe_device+0xb8/0x224
driver_probe_device+0x54/0x130
__driver_attach+0x158/0x2b0
bus_for_each_dev+0xa8/0x120
driver_attach+0x34/0x48
bus_add_driver+0x174/0x304
driver_register+0x8c/0x1c4
_pci_register_driver+0x68/0x7c
mlx5…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26847 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.21, 6.7.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-26847" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-26847 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 6.6.21, 6.7.9 — apply immediately
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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.6.21, 6.7.9.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.6.21, 6.7.9
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.21, 6.7.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-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

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.21"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.7.9"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26847 linux Fixed in: 6.7.9-1