{"cve":"CVE-2024-26591","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-22T17:15:09.157","modified":"2026-06-17T07:17:50.540","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix re-attachment branch in bpf_tracing_prog_attach\n\nThe following case can cause a crash due to missing attach_btf:\n\n1) load rawtp program\n2) load fentry program with rawtp as target_fd\n3) create tracing link for fentry program with target_fd = 0\n4) repeat 3\n\nIn the end we have:\n\n- prog->aux->dst_trampoline == NULL\n- tgt_prog == NULL (because we did not provide target_fd to link_create)\n- prog->aux->attach_btf == NULL (the program was loaded with attach_prog_fd=X)\n- the program was loaded for tgt_prog but we have no way to find out which one\n\n    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058\n    Call Trace:\n     <TASK>\n     ? __die+0x20/0x70\n     ? page_fault_oops+0x15b/0x430\n     ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x330\n     ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x170\n     ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n     ? bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x279/0x560\n     ? btf_obj_id+0x5/0x10\n     bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x439/0x560\n     __sys_bpf+0x1cf4/0x2de0\n     __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x30\n     do_syscall_64+0x41/0xf0\n     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nReturn -EINVAL in this situation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ae82f080cf87e84828f066c31723b781d68f5b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc9c0af0aa06f781fa515a1734b1a4239dfd2c0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/715d82ba636cb3629a6e18a33bb9dbe53f9936ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8bcd45e9b10eef12321f08d2e5be33d615509c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7b98aa10f895e2569403896f2d19b73b6c95653"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-26591","score":0.0023,"percentile":0.1382,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}