What is CVE-2024-26618?

CVE-2024-26618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-26618?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26618 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2024-26618

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/sme: Always exit sme_alloc() early with existing storage When sme_alloc() is called with existing storage and we are not flushing we will always allocate new stora…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions e01af8e26c23a08625a3dd6c8c472a1752d76cce, 5d0a8d2fba50e9c07cde4aad7fba28c008b07a5b, 6.1.140
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26618?: CVE-2024-26618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-26618?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26618 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.