PT-2024-7316 · Linux+8 · Linux Kernel+8

Alexei Starovoitov

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Published

2024-02-19

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-26737

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description: The issue is related to a race condition between bpf timer cancel and free and bpf timer cancel in the Linux kernel, which can lead to a Use After Free (UAF) on the timer->timer. This occurs when bpf timer cancel and bpf timer cancel and free are called concurrently, causing the timer->timer to be accessed after it has been freed. The patch resolves this issue by freeing the timer->timer after a rcu grace period in bpf timer cancel and free, and adding a rcu read lock in bpf timer cancel to prevent the race condition.
Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use After Free

Race Condition

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:4928
ALSA-2025_16880
BDU:2024-08670
CVE-2024-26737
DSA-5658-1
INFSA-2024_4928
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1490-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1659-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1663-1
RHSA-2024:4928
RHSA-2024:5066
RHSA-2024:5067
RHSA-2024_4928
RLSA-2024:4928
RXSA-2024:4928
SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
USN-6820-1
USN-6820-2
USN-6821-1
USN-6821-2
USN-6821-3
USN-6821-4
USN-6828-1
USN-6871-1
USN-6892-1
USN-6919-1

Affected Products

Almalinux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu