What is CVE-2024-27026?

CVE-2024-27026 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 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 and others. CVE-2024-27026 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27026?

CVE-2024-27026 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-2024-27026?

Yes, CVE-2024-27026 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 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-2024-27026 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27026 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27026

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: Fix missing reserved tailroom Use rbi->len instead of rcd->len for non-dataring packet. Found issue: XDP_WARN: xdp_update_frame_from_buff(line:278): Driver BUG: missing reserved tailroom WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/core/xdp.c:586 xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W O 6.5.1 #1 RIP: 0010:xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 ... ? xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 xdp_do_redirect+0x15f/0x1c0 vmxnet3_run_xdp+0x17a/0x400 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_process_xdp+0xe4/0x760 [vmxnet3] ? vmxnet3_tq_tx_complete.isra.0+0x21e/0x2c0 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x7ad/0x1120 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x2d/0xa0 [vmxnet3] __napi_poll+0x20/0x180 net_rx_action+0x177/0x390

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2025-03-05

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.23 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.11 6.7.x ✓ 6.8.2 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c8505ecc2d15473d679b8e06335434b84fffe86

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d017d19d5a9ad153e2dc23ed3c0e2e79ef5262

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aba8659caf88017507419feea06069f529329ea6

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e127ce7699c1e05279ee5ee61f00893e7bfa9671

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27026

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2025-03-05

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27026?

CVE-2024-27026 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 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 and others. CVE-2024-27026 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27026?

CVE-2024-27026 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-2024-27026?

Yes. CVE-2024-27026 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 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-2024-27026 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27026 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.