What is CVE-2024-26945?

CVE-2024-26945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-26945?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-26945

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: iaa - Fix nr_cpus < nr_iaa case If nr_cpus < nr_iaa, the calculated cpus_per_iaa will be 0, which causes a divide-by-0 in rebalance_wq_table(). Make sure cpus_p…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ea7a5cbb43696cfacf73e61916d1860ac30b5b2f, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26945?: CVE-2024-26945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-26945?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.