CVE-2024-26978

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 13.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-05-01 05:20Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-23 15:40Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-19

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2551688b9e3847e9ce9309906e579213079e78bc1ab6039da2232ad2b9c7e126

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html