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CVE-2024-26971

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-26971 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's QCOM GCC-IPQ5018 clock driver, specifically affecting the handling of frequency table arrays. The absence of a proper terminating empty element in these arrays could lead to out-of-bounds access when functions like qcom_find_freq() or qcom_find_freq_floor() traverse them. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires low privileges, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.6, < 6.6.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.7.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.8, < 6.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-26971Moderate

kernel: clk: qcom: gcc-ipq5018: fix terminating of frequency table arrays

May 1, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/50c3acd460551cdf9d8ac6fe0c04f2de0e8e0872
Mailing ListPatch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/90ad946fff70f312b8d23226afc38c13ddd88c4b
Mailing ListPatch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b0cf3d200e8a72b6d28e6e088c062b4a98cb5eaf
Mailing ListPatch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c8f4bef0667947b826848db1c45a645f751357c1
Mailing ListPatch