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CVE-2024-26812MEDIUM
Linux Linux — vfio/pci: Create persistent INTx handler
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0025   16.5     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    89e1f7d4c66d85f42c3d52ea3866eb10cadf6153 –  —
  Linux    3.6 –                                       5.4.274
TIMELINE
  Feb 19  Reserved by Linux
  Apr 5   Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2024-26812 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CWE-476 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 10 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Create persistent INTx handler A vulnerability exists where the eventfd for INTx signaling can be deconfigured, which unregisters the IRQ handler but still allows eventfds to be signaled with a NULL context through the SET_IRQS ioctl or through unmask irqfd if the device interrupt is pending. Ideally this could be solved with some additional locking; the igate mutex serializes the ioctl and config space accesses, and the interrupt handler is unregistered relative to the trigger, but the irqfd path runs asynchronous to those. The igate mutex cannot be acquired from the atomic context of the eventfd wake function. Disabling the irqfd relative to the eventfd registration is potentially incompatible with existing userspace. As a result, the solution implemented here moves configuration of the INTx interrupt handler to track the lifetime of the INTx context object and irq_type configuration, rather than registration of a particular trigger eventfd. Synchronization is added between the ioctl path and eventfd_signal() wrapper such that the eventfd trigger can be dynamically updated relative to in-flight interrupts or irqfd callbacks.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
February 19, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
April 5, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2024-26812 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux89e1f7d4c66d85f42c3d52ea3866eb10cadf6153
LinuxLinux3.65.4.274

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References (10)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-26812 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-476

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-26812 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.