Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26940)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26940). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

drm/vmwgfx: Create debugfs ttm_resource_manager entry only if needed

The driver creates /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/mob_ttm even when the
corresponding ttm_resource_manager is not allocated.
This leads to a crash when trying to read from this file.

Add a check to create mob_ttm, system_mob_ttm, and gmr_ttm debug file
only when the corresponding ttm_resource_manager is allocated.

crash> bt
PID: 3133409 TASK: ffff8fe4834a5000 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "grep"
#0 [ffffb954506b3b20] machine_kexec at ffffffffb2a6bec3
#1 [ffffb954506b3b78] __crash_kexec at ffffffffb2bb598a
#2 [ffffb954506b3c38] crash_kexec at ffffffffb2bb68c1
#3 [ffffb954506b3c50] oops_end at ffffffffb2a2a9b1
#4 [ffffb954506b3c70] no_context at ffffffffb2a7e913
#5 [ffffb954506b3cc8] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffffb2a7ec8c
#6 [ffffb954506b3d10] do_page_fault at ffffffffb2a7f887
#7 [ffffb954506b3d40] page_fault at ffffffffb360116e
[exception RIP: ttm_resource_manager_debug+0x11]
RIP: ffffffffc04afd11 RSP: ffffb954506b3df0 RFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff8fe41a6d1200 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffc04b4338 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffb954506b3e08 R8: ffff8fee3ffad000 R9: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff8fe41a76a000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 00000000ffffffff
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff8fe5bb6f3900 R15: ffff8fe41a6d1200
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26940 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-26940" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-26940 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 — 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 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3.

🛡️ 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 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 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":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.84"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.24"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.7.12"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.8.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26940 linux Fixed in: 6.1.85-1