What is CVE-2024-26637?

CVE-2024-26637 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-26637?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26637 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-26637

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: rely on mac80211 debugfs handling for vif mac80211 started to delete debugfs entries in certain cases, causing a ath11k to crash when it tried to delete the entries later. Fix this by relying on mac80211 to delete the entries when appropriate and adding them from the vif_add_debugfs handler.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 0a3d898ee9a8303d5b3982b97ef0703919c3ea76, 6.7, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.8

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26637?: CVE-2024-26637 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-26637?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26637 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.