Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26817
Published: April 15, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88544
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26817
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the kfd_ioctl_get_process_apertures_new() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c. A local user can trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26817
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6721ea845fcb93a764a92bd40f1afc0d6c69751
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b0564704255c6b3c6a7188e86939f754e1577c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcbd99b3c73309107e3be71f20dff9414df64f91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbac7de1d9901521e78cdc34e15451df3611f2ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6768c6737f4c02cba193a3339f0cc2907f0b86a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/315eb3c2df7e4cb18e3eacfa18a53a46f2bf0ef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c33d11153949310d76631d8f4a4736519eacd3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0daecfeac0103aba8b293df07a0cbaf8b43f29
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.312
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.215
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.155
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.274
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.86
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.27
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.6