{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26738 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2024-26738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26738 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-26738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26738 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26738/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-26738","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26738/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-26738","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2024-26738","DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26738","GHSA-m5hg-cjq4-86mq","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26738"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries IOMMU code causes a system crash when dynamically adding PCI devices.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/pseries/iommu: DLPAR add doesn't completely initialize pci_controller\n\nWhen a PCI device is dynamically added, the kernel oopses with a NULL\npointer dereference:\n\n  BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000030\n  Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000006bbe5c\n  Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]\n  LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries\n  Modules linked in: rpadlpar_io rpaphp rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs xsk_diag bonding nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink rfkill binfmt_misc dm_multipath rpcrdma sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_srpt ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ib_umad ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_ipoib rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core pseries_rng drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks xfs libcrc32c mlx5_core mlxfw sd_mod t10_pi sg tls ibmvscsi ibmveth scsi_transport_srp vmx_crypto pseries_wdt psample dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse\n  CPU: 17 PID: 2685 Comm: drmgr Not tainted 6.7.0-203405+ #66\n  Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NH1060_008) hv:phyp pSeries\n  NIP:  c0000000006bbe5c LR: c000000000a13e68 CTR: c0000000000579f8\n  REGS: c00000009924f240 TRAP: 0300   Not tainted  (6.7.0-203405+)\n  MSR:  8000000000009033 \u003cSF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE\u003e  CR: 24002220  XER: 20040006\n  CFAR: c000000000a13e64 DAR: 0000000000000030 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0\n  ...\n  NIP sysfs_add_link_to_group+0x34/0x94\n  LR  iommu_device_link+0x5c/0x118\n  Call Trace:\n   iommu_init_device+0x26c/0x318 (unreliable)\n   iommu_device_link+0x5c/0x118\n   iommu_init_device+0xa8/0x318\n   iommu_probe_device+0xc0/0x134\n   iommu_bus_notifier+0x44/0x104\n   notifier_call_chain+0xb8/0x19c\n   blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0x98\n   bus_notify+0x50/0x7c\n   device_add+0x640/0x918\n   pci_device_add+0x23c/0x298\n   of_create_pci_dev+0x400/0x884\n   of_scan_pci_dev+0x124/0x1b0\n   __of_scan_bus+0x78/0x18c\n   pcibios_scan_phb+0x2a4/0x3b0\n   init_phb_dynamic+0xb8/0x110\n   dlpar_add_slot+0x170/0x3b8 [rpadlpar_io]\n   add_slot_store.part.0+0xb4/0x130 [rpadlpar_io]\n   kobj_attr_store+0x2c/0x48\n   sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0x78\n   kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1b0/0x290\n   vfs_write+0x350/0x4a0\n   ksys_write+0x84/0x140\n   system_call_exception+0x124/0x330\n   system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n\nCommit a940904443e4 (\"powerpc/iommu: Add iommu_ops to report capabilities\nand allow blocking domains\") broke DLPAR add of PCI devices.\n\nThe above added iommu_device structure to pci_controller. During\nsystem boot, PCI devices are discovered and this newly added iommu_device\nstructure is initialized by a call to iommu_device_register().\n\nDuring DLPAR add of a PCI device, a new pci_controller structure is\nallocated but there are no calls made to iommu_device_register()\ninterface.\n\nFix is to register the iommu device during DLPAR add as well.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"powerpc/pseries/iommu: DLPAR add doesn't completely initialize pci_controller","id":"CVE-2024-26738","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if we already lost the skb","id":"CVE-2024-26739"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"bpf: Fix racing between bpf_timer_cancel_and_free and bpf_timer_cancel","id":"CVE-2024-26737"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-04-03","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries IOMMU code causes a system crash when dynamically adding PCI devices.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26738/"}