# CVE-2024-26902: perf: RISCV: Fix panic on pmu overflow handler

> A local attacker can cause a kernel panic and denial of service by triggering a null pointer dereference in the RISC-V PMU overflow handler.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-40076, AZL-40164, BELL-CVE-2024-26902, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26902, GHSA-635h-wj98-gqhv, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-26902, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26902

## What is CVE-2024-26902?

CVE-2024-26902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 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:

perf: RISCV: Fix panic on pmu overflow handler

(1 << idx) of int is not desired when setting bits in unsigned long
overflowed_ctrs, use BIT() instead. This panic happens when running
'perf record -e branches' on sophgo sg2042.

[  273.311852] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098
[  273.320851] Oops [#1]
[  273.323179] Modules linked in:
[  273.326303] CPU: 0 PID: 1475 Comm: perf Not tainted 6.6.0-rc3+ #9
[  273.332521] Hardware name: Sophgo Mango (DT)
[  273.336878] epc : riscv_pmu_ctr_get_width_mask+0x8/0x62
[  273.342291]  ra : pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x2e0/0x34e
[  273.347091] epc : ffffffff80aecd98 ra : ffffffff80aee056 sp : fffffff6e36928b0
[  273.354454]  gp : ffffffff821f82d0 tp : ffffffd90c353200 t0 : 0000002ade4f9978
[  273.361815]  t1 : 0000000000504d55 t2 : ffffffff8016cd8c s0 : fffffff6e3692a70
[  273.369180]  s1 : 0000000000000020 a0 : 0000000000000000 a1 : 00001a8e81800000
[  273.376540]  a2 : 0000003c00070198 a3 : 0000003c00db75a4 a4 : 0000000000000015
[  273.383901]  a5 : ffffffd7ff8804b0 a6 : 0000000000000015 a7 : 000000000000002a
[  273.391327]  s2 : 000000000000ffff s3 : 0000000000000000 s4 : ffffffd7ff8803b0
[  273.398773]  s5 : 0000000000504d55 s6 : ffffffd905069800 s7 : ffffffff821fe210
[  273.406139]  s8 : 000000007fffffff s9 : ffffffd7ff8803b0 s10: ffffffd903f29098
[  273.413660]  s11: 0000000080000000 t3 : 0000000000000003 t4 : ffffffff8017a0ca
[  273.421022]  t5 : ffffffff8023cfc2 t6 : ffffffd9040780e8
[  273.426437] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000098 cause: 000000000000000d
[  273.434512] [<ffffffff80aecd98>] riscv_pmu_ctr_get_width_mask+0x8/0x62
[  273.441169] [<ffffffff80076bd8>] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x98/0x1ee
[  273.447562] [<ffffffff80071158>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x28/0x36
[  273.454151] [<ffffffff8047a99a>] riscv_intc_irq+0x36/0x4e
[  273.459659] [<ffffffff80c944de>] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74
[  273.465442] [<ffffffff80c94c48>] do_irq+0x62/0x92
[  273.470360] Code: 0420 60a2 6402 5529 0141 8082 0013 0000 0013 0000 (6d5c) b783
[  273.477921] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[  273.482630] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26902?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26902?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26902 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 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-2024-26902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-26902/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26902/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26902
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26902
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26902

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26902/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.