CVE-2024-26617

fs/proc/task_mmu: move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: February 29, 2024 at 03:52 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc/task_mmu: move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock Move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock to prevent race condition in other components which depend on it. The notifier will invalidate memory range. Depending upon the number of iterations, different memory ranges would be invalidated. The following warning would be removed by this patch: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5067 at arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:734 kvm_mmu_notifier_change_pte+0x860/0x960 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:734 There is no behavioural and performance change with this patch when there is no component registered with the mmu notifier. [[email protected]: narrow the scope of `range', per Sean]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.7 ≤ v < 6.7.36.7 ≤ v < 6.852526ca7fdb905a768a93f8faa418e9b988fc34b6.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 05509adf297924f51e1493aa86f9fcde1433ed80 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4cccb6221cae6d020270606b9e52b1678fc8b71a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05509adf297924f51e1493aa86f9fcde1433ed80
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cccb6221cae6d020270606b9e52b1678fc8b71a

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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