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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets Tasklets have an inherent problem with memory corruption. The function tasklet_action_commo…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2024-26718
First seen2026-08-04 16:15 UTC
Disclosed2024-04-03 15:15 UTC
Last updated2026-08-04 16:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets Tasklets have an inherent problem with memory corruption. The function tasklet_action_common calls tasklet_trylock, then it calls the tasklet callback and then it calls tasklet_unlock. If the tasklet callback frees the structure that contains the tasklet or if it calls some code that may free it, tasklet_unlock will write into free memory. The commits 8e14f610159d and d9a02e016aaf try to…

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

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Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD