CVE-2024-26879: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-26879 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 18Timeline
- 17-04-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: meson: Add missing clocks to axg_clk_regmaps Some clocks were missing from axg_clk_regmaps, which caused kernel panic during cat /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary [ 57.349402] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000001fc ... [ 57.430002] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 57.436900] pc : regmap_read+0x1c/0x88 [ 57.440608] lr : clk_regmap_gate_is_enabled+0x3c/0xb0 [ 57.445611] sp : ffff800082f1b690 [ 57.448888] x29: ffff800082f1b690 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff800080eb9a70 [ 57.455961] x26: 0000000000000007 x25: 0000000000000016 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 57.463033] x23: ffff800080e8b488 x22: 0000000000000015 x21: ffff00000e7e7000 [ 57.470106] x20: ffff00000400ec00 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 57.477178] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff0000042a3000 [ 57.484251] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff0000042a2fec x12: 0000000005f5e100 [ 57.491323] x11: abcc77118461cefd x10: 0000000000000020 x9 : ffff8000805e4b24 [ 57.498396] x8 : ffff0000028063c0 x7 : ffff800082f1b710 x6 : ffff800082f1b710 [ 57.505468] x5 : 00000000ffffffd0 x4 : ffff800082f1b6e0 x3 : 0000000000001000 [ 57.512541] x2 : ffff800082f1b6e4 x1 : 000000000000012c x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 57.519615] Call trace: [ 57.522030] regmap_read+0x1c/0x88 [ 57.525393] clk_regmap_gate_is_enabled+0x3c/0xb0 [ 57.530050] clk_core_is_enabled+0x44/0x120 [ 57.534190] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x154/0x2f0 [ 57.538847] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.543505] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.548162] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.552820] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.557477] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.562135] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.566792] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.571450] clk_summary_show+0x84/0xb8 [ 57.575245] seq_read_iter+0x1bc/0x4b8 [ 57.578954] seq_read+0x8c/0xd0 [ 57.582059] full_proxy_read+0x68/0xc8 [ 57.585767] vfs_read+0xb0/0x268 [ 57.588959] ksys_read+0x70/0x108 [ 57.592236] __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x38 [ 57.596031] invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128 [ 57.599740] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf8 [ 57.604397] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x40 [ 57.607675] el0_svc+0x34/0xb8 [ 57.610694] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 57.615006] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 [ 57.618635] Code: a9bd7bfd 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 (b941fc00) [ 57.624668] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [jbrunet: add missing Fixes tag]
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu105 products
- linux< 5.15.0-112.122 | < 6.8.0-35.35
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1063.69 | < 6.8.0-1009.9
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < a03ed00787b0ce7a83eebabd0fa95ecc4a5cac84 | ≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < 7ae1b0dc12ec407f12f80b49d22c6ad2308e2202 | ≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < 0cbefc7b5bdad86b18a263d837450cdc9a56f8d7 | ≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < a860aaebacbc908fa06e2642402058f40bfffe10 | ≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < 9f3e5df38b4528213449e55b80f0316864f2a1c8 | ≥ 14ebb3154b8f3d562cb18331b08ff1a22609ae59, < ba535bce57e71463a86f8b33a0ea88c26e3a6418 | 5.11
- linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.153 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.83 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.23 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.11 | ≥ 6.8, < 6.8.2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.85-1 | < 6.7.12-1
3 vendors · 108 products