Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26603

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Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26603

Published: May 8, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89248
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26603
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c. A local user can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
IBM Integrated Analytics System
IBM Qradar SIEM
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-doc
kernel-abi-stablelists
python3-perf
perf
bpftool
kernel
kernel-core
kernel-cross-headers
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs-devel
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-source
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-debuginfo
perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools-debuginfo
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1046-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1057-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1058-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1060-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-5.15.160/kernel-modules
linux-5.15.160/kernel-huge
linux-5.15.160/kernel-generic
linux-5.15.160/kernel-headers
linux (Debian package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-starfive (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-starfive (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1020-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1027-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
Storage Copy Data Management
Technical Support Appliance
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Storage Scale System
IBM Security Guardium

How to mitigate CVE-2024-26603

Install updates from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.15.150
IBM Integrated Analytics System - update to 1.0.31.0
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 9 IF01
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP9 IF02
Storage Copy Data Management - update to 2.2.24.1
Technical Support Appliance - update to 3.0.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.6.0
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10, 5.14.0-427.59.1.el9_4
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
kernel-tools-libs - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-doc - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-abi-stablelists - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
python3-perf - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
perf - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
bpftool - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-core - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-cross-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-debug - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-debug-core - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-debug-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-debug-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-tools - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.5.1.0.1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.18.5
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.71.0.151, 5.10.0-153.50.0.128, 5.10.0-195.0.0.108
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1046.45, 5.15.0.1046.53~20.04.1
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.1046.45
linux-image-5.15.0-1046-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1046.53~20.04.1
linux-image-5.15.0-1057-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1057.60~20.04.1
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0.1057.60~20.04.1
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1058.56, 6.5.0.1020.21
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1058.56, 6.5.0.1020.21
linux-image-5.15.0-1058-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1058.61
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1060.56, 6.5.0.44.44
linux-image-5.15.0-1060-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1060.65
linux-5.15.160/kernel-modules - update to 5.15.160
linux-5.15.160/kernel-huge - update to 5.15.160
linux-5.15.160/kernel-generic - update to 5.15.160
linux-5.15.160/kernel-headers - update to 5.15.160_smp
IBM Storage Scale System - addressed in versions 6.1.9.7, 6.2.3.0
kernel - update to 6.1.79-99.164
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.85-1
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44
linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.5.0-44.44, 6.5.0-44.44~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.5.0-44.44, 6.5.0-44.44~22.04.1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.5.0.44.44, 6.5.0.44.44~22.04.1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44.1~22.04.1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44.1~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-44.44.1~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-44.44.1~22.04.1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44~22.04.1
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.44.44~22.04.1
linux-image-starfive (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1017.18~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-starfive (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1017.18~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1020-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1020.23
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1023.23~22.04.1
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1023.23~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1023.24
linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1023.24
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1023.31
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1023.31
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1023.31
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1023.31
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1024.25~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1024.25~22.04.1
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1024.25~22.04.1
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1024.25~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1024-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.5.0-1024.26, 6.5.0-1024.26~22.04.1
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.5.0.1024.26, 6.5.0.1024.26~22.04.1
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1026.26~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1026.26~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1026.26~22.04.1
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1026.26~22.04.1
linux-image-6.5.0-1027-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1027.28
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1027.29
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1027.29
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1027.29
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1027.29
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1027.29
IBM Security Guardium - addressed in versions 12.0p31, 12.0p106

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