What is CVE-2024-26930?

CVE-2024-26930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-26930?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-26930 known to be exploited?

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

Double Free in Linux

CVE-2024-26930

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer Coverity scan reported potential risk of double free of the pointer ha->vp_map. ha->vp_map was freed in qla2x00_mem_alloc(), and again freed in function qla2x00_mem_free(ha). Assign NULL to vp_map and kfree take care of NULL.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.002 (15.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 430eef03a763e5e76a371ba6d02779ae4a64b6ea, 6.3, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26930?: CVE-2024-26930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-26930?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-26930 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.