Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26871)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-26871). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

f2fs: fix NULL pointer dereference in f2fs_submit_page_write()

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000014
RIP: 0010:f2fs_submit_page_write+0x6cf/0x780 [f2fs]
Call Trace:

? show_regs+0x6e/0x80
? __die+0x29/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x154/0x4a0
? prb_read_valid+0x20/0x30
? __irq_work_queue_local+0x39/0xd0
? irq_work_queue+0x36/0x70
? do_user_addr_fault+0x314/0x6c0
? exc_page_fault+0x7d/0x190
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x2b/0x30
? f2fs_submit_page_write+0x6cf/0x780 [f2fs]
? f2fs_submit_page_write+0x736/0x780 [f2fs]
do_write_page+0x50/0x170 [f2fs]
f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x61/0xb0 [f2fs]
f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x3f8/0x660 [f2fs]
f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x5bb/0x7a0 [f2fs]
f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x3da/0xbe0 [f2fs]
...
It is possible that other threads have added this fio to io->bio
and submitted the io->bio before entering f2fs_submit_page_write().
At this point io->bio = NULL.
If is_end_zone_blkaddr(sbi, fio->new_blkaddr) of this fio is true,
then an NULL pointer dereference error occurs at bio_get(io->bio).
The original code for determining zone end was after "out:",
which would have missed some fio who is zone end. I've moved
this code before "skip:" to make sure it's done for each fio.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-26871 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-26871" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-26871 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 — 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 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2.

🛡️ 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 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 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":"6.5.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.23"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.7.11"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.8.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26871 linux Fixed in: 6.7.12-1