Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26886

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227443

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix deadlock Attemting to do sock_lock on .recvmsg may cause a deadlock as shown bellow, so instead of using sock_sock this uses sk_receive_queue.lock on bt_sock_ioctl to avoid the UAF: INFO: task kworker/u9:1:121 blocked for more than 30 seconds. Not tainted 6.7.6-lemon #183 Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work Call Trace: <TASK>
__schedule+0x37d/0xa00 schedule+0x32/0xe0 __lock_sock+0x68/0xa0 ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10 lock_sock_nested+0x43/0x50 l2cap_sock_recv_cb+0x21/0xa0 l2cap_recv_frame+0x55b/0x30a0 ? psi_task_switch+0xeb/0x270 ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x93/0x2a0 hci_rx_work+0x33a/0x3f0 process_one_work+0x13a/0x2f0 worker_thread+0x2f0/0x410 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xe0/0x110 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> (CVE-2024-26886)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 227443

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_26886.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26886

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26886

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