CVE-2024-26906

kernel: x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 17, 2024

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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

x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26906 to this issue.

Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024041746-CVE-2024-26906-bb35@gregkh/T

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation