What is CVE-2024-26630?

CVE-2024-26630 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-26630?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26630 known to be exploited?

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

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2024-26630

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk In cachestat, we access the folio from the page cache's xarray to compute its page offset, and check for its dirty…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions cf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11a, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26630?: CVE-2024-26630 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-26630?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26630 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.