What is CVE-2024-26881?

CVE-2024-26881 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). CVE-2024-26881 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26881?

CVE-2024-26881 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-2024-26881?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26881. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-26881 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26881 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-2024-26881

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is received on HIP08 devices The HIP08 devices does not register the ptp devices, so the hdev->ptp is NULL, but the hardware can receive 1588 messages, and set the HNS3_RXD_TS_VLD_B bit, so, if match this case, the access of hdev->ptp->flags will cause a kernel crash: [ 5888.946472] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018 [ 5888.946475] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018 ... [ 5889.266118] pc : hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x40/0x170 [hclge] [ 5889.272612] lr : hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x34/0x170 [hclge] [ 5889.279101] sp : ffff800012c3bc50 [ 5889.283516] x29: ffff800012c3bc50 x28: ffff2040002be040 [ 5889.289927] x27: ffff800009116484 x26: 0000000080007500 [ 5889.296333] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff204001c6f000 [ 5889.302738] x23: ffff204144f53c00 x22: 0000000000000000 [ 5889.309134] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff204004220080 [ 5889.315520] x19: ffff204144f53c00 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 5889.321897] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 [ 5889.328263] x15: 0000004000140ec8 x14: 0000000000000000 [ 5889.334617] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 00000000010011df [ 5889.340965] x11: bbfeff4d22000000 x10: 0000000000000000 [ 5889.347303] x9 : ffff800009402124 x8 : 0200f78811dfbb4d [ 5889.353637] x7 : 2200000000191b01 x6 : ffff208002a7d480 [ 5889.359959] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 [ 5889.366271] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 5889.372567] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff20400095c080 [ 5889.378857] Call trace: [ 5889.382285] hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x40/0x170 [hclge] [ 5889.388304] hns3_handle_bdinfo+0x324/0x410 [hns3] [ 5889.394055] hns3_handle_rx_bd+0x60/0x150 [hns3] [ 5889.399624] hns3_clean_rx_ring+0x84/0x170 [hns3] [ 5889.405270] hns3_nic_common_poll+0xa8/0x220 [hns3] [ 5889.411084] napi_poll+0xcc/0x264 [ 5889.415329] net_rx_action+0xd4/0x21c [ 5889.419911] __do_softirq+0x130/0x358 [ 5889.424484] irq_exit+0x134/0x154 [ 5889.428700] __handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0 [ 5889.433684] gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x2c0 [ 5889.438319] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140 [ 5889.442354] arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40 [ 5889.446816] default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1c0 [ 5889.451714] cpuidle_idle_call+0x174/0x1b0 [ 5889.456692] do_idle+0xc8/0x160 [ 5889.460717] cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0xfc [ 5889.465523] secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x1ec [ 5889.470936] Code: 97ffab78 f9411c14 91408294 f9457284 (f9400c80) [ 5889.477950] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 5890.514626] SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs 0-69,71-95 [ 5890.522951] Starting crashdump kernel...

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-04-17

Last modified 2024-11-21

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-476

CVE-2024-26881 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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-26881 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/0fbcf2366ba9888cf02eda23e35fde7f7fcc07c3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11b998360d96f6c76f04a95f54b49f24d3c858e4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ec1cec24293f9799c725941677d4e167997265
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26881

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-04-17

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26881?

CVE-2024-26881 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) . CVE-2024-26881 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26881?

CVE-2024-26881 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-2024-26881?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26881. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-26881 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-26881 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (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. View CWE-476 on MITRE CWE →