CVE-2024-26717 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-8092937
  • published25 Sept 2024
  • disclosed24 Sept 2024

Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-26717  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:7000.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: i2c-hid-of: fix NULL-deref on failed power up

A while back the I2C HID implementation was split in an ACPI and OF part, but the new OF driver never initialises the client pointer which is dereferenced on power-up failures.

CVSS Scores

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