# CVE-2024-26877: crypto: xilinx - call finalize with bh disabled

> A missing bottom-half disable in the Xilinx crypto driver can trigger a kernel warning and potential system instability, requiring a kernel patch.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26877, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26877, GHSA-rhmf-jxfm-48px, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26877

## What is CVE-2024-26877?

CVE-2024-26877 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

crypto: xilinx - call finalize with bh disabled

When calling crypto_finalize_request, BH should be disabled to avoid
triggering the following calltrace:

    ------------[ cut here ]------------
    WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 74 at crypto/crypto_engine.c:58 crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118
    Modules linked in: cryptodev(O)
    CPU: 2 PID: 74 Comm: firmware:zynqmp Tainted: G           O       6.8.0-rc1-yocto-standard #323
    Hardware name: ZynqMP ZCU102 Rev1.0 (DT)
    pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
    pc : crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118
    lr : crypto_finalize_request+0x104/0x118
    sp : ffffffc085353ce0
    x29: ffffffc085353ce0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff8808ea8688
    x26: ffffffc081715038 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffff880100db00
    x23: ffffff880100da80 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000000
    x20: ffffff8805b14000 x19: ffffff880100da80 x18: 0000000000010450
    x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
    x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffffff880100dad0
    x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffffffc0832dcd08 x9 : ffffffc0812416d8
    x8 : 00000000000001f4 x7 : ffffffc0830d2830 x6 : 0000000000000001
    x5 : ffffffc082091000 x4 : ffffffc082091658 x3 : 0000000000000000
    x2 : ffffffc7f9653000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffffff8802d20000
    Call trace:
     crypto_finalize_request+0xa0/0x118
     crypto_finalize_aead_request+0x18/0x30
     zynqmp_handle_aes_req+0xcc/0x388
     crypto_pump_work+0x168/0x2d8
     kthread_worker_fn+0xfc/0x3a0
     kthread+0x118/0x138
     ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
    irq event stamp: 40
    hardirqs last  enabled at (39): [<ffffffc0812416f8>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x70/0xb0
    hardirqs last disabled at (40): [<ffffffc08122d208>] el1_dbg+0x28/0x90
    softirqs last  enabled at (36): [<ffffffc080017dec>] kernel_neon_begin+0x8c/0xf0
    softirqs last disabled at (34): [<ffffffc080017dc0>] kernel_neon_begin+0x60/0xf0
    ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26877?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26877?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26877 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26877 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26877 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26877 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26877 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-2024-26877/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26877/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26877
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26877
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26877

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26877/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.