Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26876

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227732

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: drm/bridge: adv7511: fix crash on irq during probe Moved IRQ registration down to end of adv7511_probe(). If an IRQ already is pending during adv7511_probe (before adv7511_cec_init) then cec_received_msg_ts could crash using uninitialized data:
Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address 00000000000003d5 Internal error:
Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT_RT SMP Call trace: cec_received_msg_ts+0x48/0x990 [cec] adv7511_cec_irq_process+0x1cc/0x308 [adv7511] adv7511_irq_process+0xd8/0x120 [adv7511] adv7511_irq_handler+0x1c/0x30 [adv7511] irq_thread_fn+0x30/0xa0 irq_thread+0x14c/0x238 kthread+0x190/0x1a8 (CVE-2024-26876)

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: 227732

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_26876.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26876

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2024-26876