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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26841

medium Nessus Plugin ID 228079

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - LoongArch: Update cpu_sibling_map when disabling nonboot CPUs Update cpu_sibling_map when disabling nonboot CPUs by defining & calling clear_cpu_sibling_map(), otherwise we get such errors on SMT systems:
 jump label: negative count! WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 45 at kernel/jump_label.c:263
 __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0xec/0x100 CPU: 6 PID: 45 Comm: cpuhp/6 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc5+ #1340 pc 90000000004c302c ra 90000000004c302c tp 90000001005bc000 sp 90000001005bfd20 a0 000000000000001b a1 900000000224c278 a2 90000001005bfb58 a3 900000000224c280 a4 900000000224c278 a5 90000001005bfb50 a6 0000000000000001 a7 0000000000000001 t0 ce87a4763eb5234a t1 ce87a4763eb5234a t2 0000000000000000 t3 0000000000000000 t4 0000000000000006 t5 0000000000000000 t6 0000000000000064 t7 0000000000001964 t8 000000000009ebf6 u0 9000000001f2a068 s9 0000000000000000 s0 900000000246a2d8 s1 ffffffffffffffff s2 ffffffffffffffff s3 90000000021518c0 s4 0000000000000040 s5 9000000002151058 s6 9000000009828e40 s7 00000000000000b4 s8 0000000000000006 ra: 90000000004c302c __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0xec/0x100 ERA:
 90000000004c302c __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0xec/0x100 CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE) PRMD: 00000004 (PPLV0 +PIE -PWE) EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE) ECFG: 00071c1c (LIE=2-4,10-12 VS=7) ESTAT: 000c0000 [BRK] (IS= ECode=12 EsubCode=0) PRID: 0014d000 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A6000-HV) CPU: 6 PID: 45 Comm: cpuhp/6 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc5+ #1340 Stack : 0000000000000000 900000000203f258 900000000179afc8 90000001005bc000 90000001005bf980 0000000000000000 90000001005bf988 9000000001fe0be0 900000000224c280 900000000224c278 90000001005bf8c0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 ce87a4763eb5234a 0000000007f38000 90000001003f8cc0 0000000000000000 0000000000000006 0000000000000000 4c206e6f73676e6f 6f4c203a656d616e 000000000009ec99 0000000007f38000 0000000000000000 900000000214b000 9000000001fe0be0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000000107 0000000000000009 ffffffffffafdabe 00000000000000b4 0000000000000006 90000000004c302c 9000000000224528 00005555939a0c7c 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1c ... Call Trace: [<9000000000224528>] show_stack+0x48/0x1a0 [<900000000179afc8>] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0xa0 [<9000000000263ed0>] __warn+0x90/0x1a0 [<90000000017419b8>] report_bug+0x1b8/0x280 [<900000000179c564>] do_bp+0x264/0x420 [<90000000004c302c>]
 __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0xec/0x100 [<90000000002b4d7c>] sched_cpu_deactivate+0x2fc/0x300 [<9000000000266498>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x178/0x8a0 [<9000000000267f70>] cpuhp_thread_fun+0xf0/0x240 [<90000000002a117c>] smpboot_thread_fn+0x1dc/0x2e0 [<900000000029a720>] kthread+0x140/0x160 [<9000000000222288>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0xc/0xa4 (CVE-2024-26841)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-26841

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26841

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 228079

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_26841.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26841

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-tegra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-iot-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-realtime, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26841