What is CVE-2024-26968?

CVE-2024-26968 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.4 onward and patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. CVE-2024-26968 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26968?

CVE-2024-26968 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-2024-26968?

Yes, CVE-2024-26968 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-26968 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26968 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-26968

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: gcc-ipq9574: fix terminating of frequency table arrays The frequency table arrays are supposed to be terminated with an empty element. Add such entry to the end of the arrays where it is missing in order to avoid possible out-of-bound access when the table is traversed by functions like qcom_find_freq() or qcom_find_freq_floor(). Only compile tested.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2024-12-23

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

Weakness type

CWE-129

CVE-2024-26968 is classified as CWE-129

See CWE-129 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.4

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.24 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.12 6.7.x ✓ 6.8.3 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0204247cf3669b6021fb745c3b7f37ae392ab19c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1723629fea8a4e75333196866e10d395463dca72

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/604f2d7c46727c5e24fc7faddc980bc1cc0b1011

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd2b6395671d823caa38d8e4d752de2448ae61e1

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26968

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2024-12-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26968?

CVE-2024-26968 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.4 onward and has been patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. CVE-2024-26968 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26968?

CVE-2024-26968 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-2024-26968?

Yes. CVE-2024-26968 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-26968 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-26968 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.