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TI-2024-17773 Aliases CVE-2024-26902GHSA-635h-wj98-gqhv

perf: RISCV: Fix panic on pmu overflow handler

Priority LOW 24CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00238 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.23, 6.7.11 +1Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.18 and later6.1.191, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.18 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.6.23; 6.7 to before 6.7.11VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.6.23; 6.7 to before 6.7.11 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26902
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-635h-wj98-gqhv
  3. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@dbf3b0ed79abeb552df4f0d8a6d84cee48b5ee77 · CNA
  4. 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

Patch 3

Other 1

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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