What is CVE-2024-26744?

CVE-2024-26744 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.3 onward and patched in 4.19.308, 5.4.293, 5.10.211 and others. CVE-2024-26744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26744?

CVE-2024-26744 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-26744?

Yes, CVE-2024-26744 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.308, 5.4.293, 5.10.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-26744 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2024-26744

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/srpt: Support specifying the srpt_service_guid parameter Make loading ib_srpt with this parameter set work. The current behavior is that setting that parameter while loading the ib_srpt kernel module triggers the following kernel crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 Call Trace: <TASK> parse_one+0x18c/0x1d0 parse_args+0xe1/0x230 load_module+0x8de/0xa60 init_module_from_file+0x8b/0xd0 idempotent_init_module+0x181/0x240 __x64_sys_finit_module+0x5a/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xe0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-03

Last modified 2025-05-02

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2024-26744 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.308, 5.4.293, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.3

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.308 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.293 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.211 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.150 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.80 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.19 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.7 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5c039dac1b1b7ba3e91c791f4421052bf79b82

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84f1dac960cfa210a3b7a7522e6c2320ae91932b

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989af2f29342a9a7c7515523d879b698ac8465f4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee4dcfe17219fe60f2821923adea98549060af8

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99a827d3cff9f84e1cb997b7cc6386d107aa74d

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26744

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-03

Modified 2025-05-02

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26744?

CVE-2024-26744 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.3 onward and has been patched in 4.19.308, 5.4.293, 5.10.211 and others. CVE-2024-26744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26744?

CVE-2024-26744 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-26744?

Yes. CVE-2024-26744 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.308, 5.4.293, 5.10.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-26744 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-26744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.