CVE-2024-26970 clk: qcom: gcc-ipq6018: fix terminating of frequency table arrays
Missing array terminators in the Qualcomm IPQ6018 clock driver can cause out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to system crashes.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-26970?
CVE-2024-26970 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 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:
clk: qcom: gcc-ipq6018: fix terminating of frequency table arrays
The frequency table arrays are supposed to be terminated with an empty element. Add such entry to the end of the arrays where it is missing in order to avoid possible out-of-bound access when the table is traversed by functions like qcom_find_freq() or qcom_find_freq_floor().
Only compile tested.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26970?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26970?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-26970 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26970 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26970, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26970, GHSA-h98m-4vr6-fqjf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26970.