CVE-2024-26920

medium
Published 2024-11-12 ยท Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/trigger: Fix to return error if failed to alloc snapshot Fix register_snapshot_trigger() to return error code if it failed to allocate a snapshot instead of 0 (success). Unless that, it will register snapshot trigger without an error.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2024-26920 NameCVE-2024-26920 DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/trigger: Fix to return error if failed to alloc snapshot Fix register_snapshot_trigger() to return error code if it failed to allocate a snapshot instead of 0 (success). Unless that, it will register snapshot trigger without an error. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN,โ€ฆ

CVE-2024-26920

NameCVE-2024-26920
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/trigger: Fix to return error if failed to alloc snapshot Fix register_snapshot_trigger() to return error code if it failed to allocate a snapshot instead of 0 (success). Unless that, it will register snapshot trigger without an error.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.257-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.170-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.172-1fixed
trixie6.12.86-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.90-1fixed
forky7.0.9-1fixed
sid7.0.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.82-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.7.7-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/0958b33ef5a04ed91f61cef4760ac412080c4e08 (6.8-rc3)

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Notes
https://git.kernel.org/linus/0958b33ef5a04ed91f61cef4760ac412080c4e08 (6.8-rc3)

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.82-1
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed6.7.7-1
debian debiansidfixed6.7.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.7.7-1
linux linux-kernelaffected4.5
linux linux-kernel5.7affected
linux linux-kernel6.8affected

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.