# CVE-2024-26598: KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

> A race condition in the Linux kernel's KVM arm64 vgic-its component allows a use-after-free, potentially enabling local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26598, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26598, GHSA-xfvp-h462-p6q2, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26598

## What is CVE-2024-26598?

CVE-2024-26598 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

There is a potential UAF scenario in the case of an LPI translation
cache hit racing with an operation that invalidates the cache, such
as a DISCARD ITS command. The root of the problem is that
vgic_its_check_cache() does not elevate the refcount on the vgic_irq
before dropping the lock that serializes refcount changes.

Have vgic_its_check_cache() raise the refcount on the returned vgic_irq
and add the corresponding decrement after queueing the interrupt.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26598?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26598?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26598 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.