Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26724)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26724). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.7.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers

I managed to hit following use after free warning recently:

[ 2169.711665] ==================================================================
[ 2169.714009] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0
[ 2169.716293] Write of size 8 at addr ffff88812b326a70 by task swapper/4/0

[ 2169.719022] CPU: 4 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2jiri+ #2
[ 2169.720974] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 2169.722457] Call Trace:
[ 2169.722756]
[ 2169.723024] dump_stack_lvl+0x58/0xb0
[ 2169.723417] print_report+0xc5/0x630
[ 2169.723807] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x126/0x2b0
[ 2169.724268] kasan_report+0xbe/0xf0
[ 2169.724667] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0
[ 2169.725116] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0
[ 2169.725570] __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0
[ 2169.726003] ? call_timer_fn+0x320/0x320
[ 2169.726404] ? lock_downgrade+0x3a0/0x3a0
[ 2169.726820] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x20
[ 2169.727257] ? ktime_get+0x92/0x150
[ 2169.727630] ? lapic_next_deadline+0x35/0x60
[ 2169.728069] run_timer_softirq+0x40/0x80
[ 2169.728475] __do_softirq+0x1a1/0x509
[ 2169.728866] irq_exit_rcu+0x95/0xc0
[ 2169.729241] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x80
[ 2169.729718]
[ 2169.729993]
[ 2169.730259] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26724 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.7.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-26724" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-26724 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.7.6 — 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 6.7.6.

🛡️ 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 6.7.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.7.6 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":"6.7.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26724 linux Fixed in: 6.7.7-1