What is CVE-2024-26746?

CVE-2024-26746 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-26746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26746?

CVE-2024-26746 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-2024-26746?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26746. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-26746 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-26746

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Ensure safe user copy of completion record If CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY is enabled, copying completion record from event log cache to user triggers a kernel bug. [ 1987.159822] usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'dsa0' (offset 74, size 31)! [ 1987.170845] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1987.176086] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102! [ 1987.180946] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 1987.186866] CPU: 17 PID: 528 Comm: kworker/17:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2+ #5 [ 1987.194537] Hardware name: Intel Corporation AvenueCity/AvenueCity, BIOS BHSDCRB1.86B.2492.D03.2307181620 07/18/2023 [ 1987.206405] Workqueue: wq0.0 idxd_evl_fault_work [idxd] [ 1987.212338] RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90 [ 1987.217381] Code: 58 65 9c 50 48 c7 c2 17 85 61 9c 57 48 c7 c7 98 fd 6b 9c 48 0f 44 d6 48 c7 c6 b3 08 62 9c 4c 89 d1 49 0f 44 f3 e8 1e 2e d5 ff <0f> 0b 49 c7 c1 9e 42 61 9c 4c 89 cf 4d 89 c8 eb a9 66 66 2e 0f 1f [ 1987.238505] RSP: 0018:ff62f5cf20607d60 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 1987.244423] RAX: 000000000000005f RBX: 000000000000001f RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 1987.252480] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff9c61429e RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 1987.260538] RBP: ff62f5cf20607d78 R08: ff2a6a89ef3fffe8 R09: 00000000fffeffff [ 1987.268595] R10: ff2a6a89eed00000 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ff2a66934849c89a [ 1987.276652] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ff2a66934849c8b9 R15: ff2a66934849c899 [ 1987.284710] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2a66b22fe40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1987.293850] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1987.300355] CR2: 00007fe291a37000 CR3: 000000010fbd4005 CR4: 0000000000f71ef0 [ 1987.308413] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 1987.316470] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 1987.324527] PKRU: 55555554 [ 1987.327622] Call Trace: [ 1987.330424] <TASK> [ 1987.332826] ? show_regs+0x6e/0x80 [ 1987.336703] ? die+0x3c/0xa0 [ 1987.339988] ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0 [ 1987.343662] ? do_error_trap+0x75/0xa0 [ 1987.347922] ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90 [ 1987.352277] ? exc_invalid_op+0x57/0x80 [ 1987.356634] ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90 [ 1987.360988] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30 [ 1987.365734] ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90 [ 1987.370088] __check_heap_object+0xb7/0xd0 [ 1987.374739] __check_object_size+0x175/0x2d0 [ 1987.379588] idxd_copy_cr+0xa9/0x130 [idxd] [ 1987.384341] idxd_evl_fault_work+0x127/0x390 [idxd] [ 1987.389878] process_one_work+0x13e/0x300 [ 1987.394435] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 1987.399284] worker_thread+0x2f7/0x420 [ 1987.403544] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2b/0x50 [ 1987.409171] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 1987.414019] kthread+0x107/0x140 [ 1987.417693] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1987.421954] ret_from_fork+0x3d/0x60 [ 1987.426019] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1987.430281] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 [ 1987.434744] </TASK> The issue arises because event log cache is created using kmem_cache_create() which is not suitable for user copy. Fix the issue by creating event log cache with kmem_cache_create_usercopy(), ensuring safe user copy.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-04

Last modified 2025-03-18

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-26746 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e3022ea42e490a36ec6f2cfa6fc603deb0bace4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb71e040323175e18c233a9afef32ba14fa64eb7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ea125df37dc37972d581b74a5d3785c3f283ab
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26746

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-04

Modified 2025-03-18

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26746?

CVE-2024-26746 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-26746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26746?

CVE-2024-26746 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-2024-26746?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26746. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-26746 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-26746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.