What is CVE-2024-26900?

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26900?

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26900. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-26900 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: fix kmemleak of rdev->serial If kobject_add() is fail in bind_rdev_to_array(), 'rdev->serial' will be alloc not be freed, and kmemleak occurs. unreferenced object 0xffff88815a350000 (size 49152): comm "mdadm", pid 789, jiffies 4294716910 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc f773277a): [<0000000058b0a453>] kmemleak_alloc+0x61/0xe0 [<00000000366adf14>] __kmalloc_large_node+0x15e/0x270 [<000000002e82961b>] __kmalloc_node.cold+0x11/0x7f [<00000000f206d60a>] kvmalloc_node+0x74/0x150 [<0000000034bf3363>] rdev_init_serial+0x67/0x170 [<0000000010e08fe9>] mddev_create_serial_pool+0x62/0x220 [<00000000c3837bf0>] bind_rdev_to_array+0x2af/0x630 [<0000000073c28560>] md_add_new_disk+0x400/0x9f0 [<00000000770e30ff>] md_ioctl+0x15bf/0x1c10 [<000000006cfab718>] blkdev_ioctl+0x191/0x3f0 [<0000000085086a11>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0x60 [<0000000018b656fe>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xba/0xe0 [<00000000e54e675e>] do_syscall_64+0x71/0x150 [<000000008b0ad622>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74

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-401

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html
Security
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240912-0011/
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c1021ce46fc2fb6115f7e79d353941e6dcad366
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf350658736681b9d6b0b6e58c5c76b235bb4c4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d32c832a88513f65c2c2c9c75954ee8b387adea
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26900

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-2024-26900?

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26900?

CVE-2024-26900 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-2024-26900?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-26900. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-26900 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-26900 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 →