What is CVE-2024-26860?

CVE-2024-26860 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401). CVE-2024-26860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26860?

CVE-2024-26860 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-2024-26860?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26860. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-26860 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2024-26860

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix a memory leak when rechecking the data Memory for the "checksums" pointer will leak if the data is rechecked after checksum failure (because the associated kfree won't happen due to 'goto skip_io'). Fix this by freeing the checksums memory before recheck, and just use the "checksum_onstack" memory for storing checksum during recheck.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-17

Last modified 2025-01-07

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

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2024-26860 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-26860 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/20e21c3c0195d915f33bc7321ee6b362177bf5bf
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338580a7fb9b0930bb38098007e89cc0fc496bf7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e565c42dce81a4e49c13262d5bc4eb4c2e588a
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26860

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-17

Modified 2025-01-07

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26860?

CVE-2024-26860 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . CVE-2024-26860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26860?

CVE-2024-26860 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-2024-26860?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26860. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-26860 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-26860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →