NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26760

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU90599

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26760

Published: May 31, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU90599
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-2024-26760
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 NULL pointer dereference within the drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-rt-vdso
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
reiserfs-kmp-azure
dtb-amlogic
dtb-exynos
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-qcom
dtb-lg
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-renesas
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-apm
dtb-sprd
kernel-syms
dtb-nvidia
dtb-socionext
dtb-apple
dtb-marvell
dtb-aarch64
dtb-altera
dtb-xilinx
dtb-mediatek
dtb-amd
dtb-broadcom
dtb-cavium
dtb-arm
dtb-rockchip
dtb-freescale
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-source
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-extra
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-optional
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-26760

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-rt-vdso - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
dlm-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-syms-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
ocfs2-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-syms-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-devel-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-source-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.85-1

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