Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26658)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26658). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.7.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

bcachefs: grab s_umount only if snapshotting

When I was testing mongodb over bcachefs with compression,
there is a lockdep warning when snapshotting mongodb data volume.

$ cat test.sh
prog=bcachefs

$prog subvolume create /mnt/data
$prog subvolume create /mnt/data/snapshots

while true;do
$prog subvolume snapshot /mnt/data /mnt/data/snapshots/$(date +%s)
sleep 1s
done

$ cat /etc/mongodb.conf
systemLog:
destination: file
logAppend: true
path: /mnt/data/mongod.log

storage:
dbPath: /mnt/data/

lockdep reports:
[ 3437.452330] ======================================================
[ 3437.452750] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 3437.453168] 6.7.0-rc7-custom+ #85 Tainted: G E
[ 3437.453562] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 3437.453981] bcachefs/35533 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 3437.454325] ffffa0a02b2b1418 (sb_writers#10){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: filename_create+0x62/0x190
[ 3437.454875]
but task is already holding lock:
[ 3437.455268] ffffa0a02b2b10e0 (&type->s_umount_key#48){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: bch2_fs_file_ioctl+0x232/0xc90 [bcachefs]
[ 3437.456009]
which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 3437.456553]
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 3437.457054]
-> #3 (&type->s_umount_key#48){.+.+}-{3:3}:
[ 3437.457507] down_read+0x3e/0x170
[ 3437.457772] b…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26658 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.7.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-26658" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-26658 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.7.5 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.7.5.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.7.5
```
ステージング環境で 6.7.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.7.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26658 linux Fixed in: 6.7.7-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26658 linux