What is CVE-2024-26971?

CVE-2024-26971 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. CVE-2024-26971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26971?

CVE-2024-26971 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-2024-26971?

Yes, CVE-2024-26971 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-26971 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-26971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-26971

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: gcc-ipq5018: 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().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2025-03-04

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-2024-26971 is classified as CWE-129

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

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/50c3acd460551cdf9d8ac6fe0c04f2de0e8e0872

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ad946fff70f312b8d23226afc38c13ddd88c4b

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0cf3d200e8a72b6d28e6e088c062b4a98cb5eaf

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4bef0667947b826848db1c45a645f751357c1

Mailing List Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-26971

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2025-03-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26971?

CVE-2024-26971 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. CVE-2024-26971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26971?

CVE-2024-26971 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-2024-26971?

Yes. CVE-2024-26971 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-26971 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-26971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.