Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-27060)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-27060). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.7.12 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

thunderbolt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tb_port_update_credits()

Olliver reported that his system crashes when plugging in Thunderbolt 1
device:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 [thunderbolt]
Call Trace:

? __die+0x23/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130
? tb_switch_update_link_attributes+0x83/0xd0
tb_switch_add+0x7a2/0xfe0
tb_scan_port+0x236/0x6f0
tb_handle_hotplug+0x6db/0x900
process_one_work+0x171/0x340
worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe5/0x120
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

This is due the fact that some Thunderbolt 1 devices only have one lane
adapter. Fix this by checking for the lane 1 before we read its credits.

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-27060 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.7.12 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-27060" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-27060 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.7.12 — 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 6.7.12.

🛡️ 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 6.7.12
```
ステージング環境で 6.7.12 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":"6.7.12"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27060 linux Fixed in: 6.7.12-1