Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26956
Published: June 24, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93155
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26956
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the nilfs_direct_lookup_contig() function in fs/nilfs2/direct.c, within the nilfs_btree_lookup_contig() function in fs/nilfs2/btree.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26956
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b67189690eb4b7ecc84ae16fa1e880e0123eaa35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cbe1ad5f4354f4df1445e5f4883983328cd6d8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b5c5c31e723b568f83d8cafab8629d9d830ffb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2619ff5d0def4bb6c2037a32a6eaa28dd95c84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b832e09d43b394ac0f6d9485d2b1a06593f0b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f69e81396aea66304d214f175aa371f1b5578862
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e4d098de1c0f4c5c1f2ed4633a860f0da6d713
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82827ca21e7c8a91384c5baa656f78a5adfa4ab4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f26b4a84a0ef41791bd2d70861c8eac748f4ba
- 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-5.15.154
- 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-6.1.84
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.24
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.3