Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26836

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Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26836

Published: July 4, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93776
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-2024-26836
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the current_value_store() function in drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2024-26836

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.55, 6.7.7, 6.8
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource - 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-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
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-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo - 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
dlm-kmp-rt - 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-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-optional-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-vdso-debuginfo - 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-vdso - 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
reiserfs-kmp-rt - 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-rt_debug-devel-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
ocfs2-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
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - 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
kernel-rt_debug-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-livepatch-devel - 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
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - 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_debug-vdso-debuginfo - 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
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - 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
kselftests-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1, 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-devel-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-source-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
gfs2-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-syms-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
ocfs2-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1, 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-xilinx - 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-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-kvmsmall-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-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - 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-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - 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-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-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-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-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-docs - 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
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - 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
cluster-md-kmp-default - 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
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default - 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
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - 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
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra - 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
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - 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
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

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