CVE-2024-26793

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-04-04. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink()

The gtp_link_ops operations structure for the subsystem must be registered after registering the gtp_net_ops pernet operations structure.

Syzkaller hit 'general protection fault in gtp_genl_dump_pdp' bug:

[ 1010.702740] gtp: GTP module unloaded [ 1010.715877] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 1010.715888] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] [ 1010.715895] CPU: 1 PID: 128616 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.8.0-rc6-std-def-alt1 #1 [ 1010.715899] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-alt1 04/01/2014 [ 1010.715908] RIP: 0010:gtp_newlink+0x4d7/0x9c0 [gtp] [ 1010.715915] Code: 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 41 04 00 00 48 8b bb d8 05 00 00 e8 ed f6 ff ff 48 89 c2 48 89 c5 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 4f 04 00 00 4c 89 e2 4c 8b 6d 00 48 b8 00 00 00 [ 1010.715920] RSP: 0018:ffff888020fbf180 EFLAGS: 00010203 [ 1010.715929] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88800399c000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 1010.715933] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff84805280 RDI: 0000000000000282 [ 1010.715938] RBP: 000000000000000d R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 1010.715942] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88800399cc80 [ 1010.715947] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000400 [ 1010.715953] FS: 00007fd1509ab5c0(0000) GS:ffff88805b300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1010.715958] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1010.715962] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001c07a000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0 [ 1010.715968] PKRU: 55555554 [ 1010.715972] Call Trace: [ 1010.715985] ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f [ 1010.715995] ? die_addr+0x43/0x70 [ 1010.716002] ? exc_general_protection+0x199/0x2f0 [ 1010.716016] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x1e/0x30 [ 1010.716026] ? gtp_newlink+0x4d7/0x9c0 [gtp] [ 1010.716034] ? gtp_net_exit+0x150/0x150 [gtp] [ 1010.716042] __rtnl_newlink+0x1063/0x1700 [ 1010.716051] ? rtnl_setlink+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ 1010.716063] ? is_bpf_text_address+0xc0/0x1f0 [ 1010.716070] ? kernel_text_address.part.0+0xbb/0xd0 [ 1010.716076] ? __kernel_text_address+0x56/0xa0 [ 1010.716084] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x5a/0xa0 [ 1010.716091] ? create_prof_cpu_mask+0x30/0x30 [ 1010.716098] ? arch_stack_walk+0x9e/0xf0 [ 1010.716106] ? stack_trace_save+0x91/0xd0 [ 1010.716113] ? stack_trace_consume_entry+0x170/0x170 [ 1010.716121] ? __lock_acquire+0x15c5/0x5380 [ 1010.716139] ? mark_held_locks+0x9e/0xe0 [ 1010.716148] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x35f/0x3c0 [ 1010.716155] ? __rtnl_newlink+0x1700/0x1700 [ 1010.716160] rtnl_newlink+0x69/0xa0 [ 1010.716166] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x43b/0xc50 [ 1010.716172] ? rtnl_fdb_dump+0x9f0/0x9f0 [ 1010.716179] ? lock_acquire+0x1fe/0x560 [ 1010.716188] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x12f/0xd50 [ 1010.716196] netlink_rcv_skb+0x14d/0x440 [ 1010.716202] ? rtnl_fdb_dump+0x9f0/0x9f0 [ 1010.716208] ? netlink_ack+0xab0/0xab0 [ 1010.716213] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x202/0xd50 [ 1010.716220] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x218/0xd50 [ 1010.716226] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x30b/0x590 [ 1010.716233] netlink_unicast+0x54b/0x800 [ 1010.716240] ? netlink_attachskb+0x870/0x870 [ 1010.716248] ? __check_object_size+0x2de/0x3b0 [ 1010.716254] netlink_sendmsg+0x938/0xe40 [ 1010.716261] ? netlink_unicast+0x800/0x800 [ 1010.716269] ? __import_iovec+0x292/0x510 [ 1010.716276] ? netlink_unicast+0x800/0x800 [ 1010.716284] __sock_sendmsg+0x159/0x190 [ 1010.716290] ____sys_sendmsg+0x712/0x880 [ 1010.716297] ? sock_write_iter+0x3d0/0x3d0 [ 1010.716304] ? __ia32_sys_recvmmsg+0x270/0x270 [ 1010.716309] ? lock_acquire+0x1fe/0x560 [ 1010.716315] ? drain_array_locked+0x90/0x90 [ 1010.716324] ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x170 [ 1010.716331] ? sendmsg_copy_msghdr+0x170/0x170 [ 1010.716337] ? lockdep_init_map ---truncated---

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 4, 2024

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5366969a19a8a0d2ffb3d27ef6e8905e5e4216f8
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01129059d5141d62fae692f7a336ae3bc712d3eb
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec92aa2cab6f0048f10d6aa4f025c5885cb1a1b6
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e668b92a3a01429923fd5ca13e99642aab47de69
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abd32d7f5c0294c1b2454c5a3b13b18446bac627
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93dd420bc41531c9a31498b9538ca83ba6ec191e
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9376d059a705c5dfaac566c2d09891242013ae16
generic

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/616d82c3cfa2a2146dd7e3ae47bda7e877ee549e

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-host (5.15.0-1030.34) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1061.57) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-kvm (5.15.0.1060.56) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency (5.15.0.1058.58) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1058.64~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (5.15.0.1063.69~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1066.64) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.113.123~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1058.56) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.186.206~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1057.60~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-24ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 4.19.309—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux4.19.118-1 ... 4.19.98-1~bpo9+1 (46 versions)4.19.316-1—
linux-5.105.10.136-1~deb10u1 ... 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 (13 versions)5.10.216-1~deb10u1—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (39 versions)5.10.216-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.27-1 ... 6.1.76-1~bpo11+1 (18 versions)6.1.82-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.7.9-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.7.9-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(11)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-26793?
CVE-2024-26793 is a high vulnerability published on April 4, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() The gtplinkops operations structure for the subsystem must be registered after registering the gtpnetops pernet operations structure. Syzkaller hit 'general protection…
When was CVE-2024-26793 disclosed?
CVE-2024-26793 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 4, 2024, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-26793 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-26793 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 80.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-26793?
CVE-2024-26793 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-26793?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-26793, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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