CVE-2024-26946: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic. [ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.18, before 6.1.84 (fixed in 6.1.84); from 6.2, before 6.6.24 (fixed in 6.6.24); from 6.7, before 6.7.12 (fixed in 6.7.12); from 6.8, before 6.8.3 (fixed in 6.8.3)

Published 2024-05-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.