What is CVE-2024-26818?

CVE-2024-26818 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and patched in 6.6.18, 6.7.6 and 6.8. CVE-2024-26818 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26818?

CVE-2024-26818 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-2024-26818?

Yes, CVE-2024-26818 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.18, 6.7.6 and 6.8. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-26818 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26818 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-26818

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size clang is reporting this warning: $ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1 [...] clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS $(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs) -c -o src/utils.o src/utils.c src/utils.c:548:66: warning: 'fscanf' may overflow; destination buffer in argument 3 has size 1024, but the corresponding specifier may require size 1025 [-Wfortify-source] 548 | while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", mount_point, type) == 2) { | ^ Increase mount_point variable size to MAX_PATH+1 to avoid the overflow.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-17

Last modified 2025-03-27

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.18, 6.7.6, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.5

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.18 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.6 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9a

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26818

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-17

Modified 2025-03-27

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26818?

CVE-2024-26818 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and has been patched in 6.6.18, 6.7.6 and 6.8. CVE-2024-26818 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26818?

CVE-2024-26818 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-2024-26818?

Yes. CVE-2024-26818 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.18, 6.7.6 and 6.8. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-26818 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-26818 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.