Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-35920)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-35920). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect decoder context list
Add a lock for the ctx_list, to avoid accessing a NULL pointer
within the 'vpu_dec_ipi_handler' function when the ctx_list has
been deleted due to an unexpected behavior on the SCP IP block.
Hardware name: Google juniper sku16 board (DT)
pstate: 20400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
pc : vpu_dec_ipi_handler+0x58/0x1f8 [mtk_vcodec_dec]
lr : scp_ipi_handler+0xd0/0x194 [mtk_scp]
sp : ffffffc0131dbbd0
x29: ffffffc0131dbbd0 x28: 0000000000000000
x27: ffffff9bb277f348 x26: ffffff9bb242ad00
x25: ffffffd2d440d3b8 x24: ffffffd2a13ff1d4
x23: ffffff9bb7fe85a0 x22: ffffffc0133fbdb0
x21: 0000000000000010 x20: ffffff9b050ea328
x19: ffffffc0131dbc08 x18: 0000000000001000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffffd2d461c6e0
x15: 0000000000000242 x14: 000000000000018f
x13: 000000000000004d x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000001 x10: fffffffffffffff0
x9 : ffffff9bb6e793a8 x8 : 0000000000000000
x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f
x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : fffffffffffffff0
x3 : 0000000000000020 x2 : ffffff9bb6e79080
x1 : 0000000000000010 x0 : ffffffc0131dbc08
Call trace:
vpu_dec_ipi_handler+0x58/0x1f8 [mtk_vcodec_dec (HASH:6c3f 2)]
scp_ipi_handler+0xd0/0x194 [mtk_scp (HASH:7046 3)]
mt8183_scp_irq_handler+0x44/0x88 [mtk_scp (HASH:7046 3)]
scp_irq_handler+0x48/0x90 [mtk_scp (HASH:7046 3)]
irq_thread_fn+0x38/0x94
irq_thread+0x100/0x1c0
kthread+0x140…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-35920 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-35920" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-35920 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35920 linux Fixed in: 6.8.9-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35920 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com