Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-35921)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-35921). 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: Fix oops when HEVC init fails
The stateless HEVC decoder saves the instance pointer in the context
regardless if the initialization worked or not. This caused a use after
free, when the pointer is freed in case of a failure in the deinit
function.
Only store the instance pointer when the initialization was successful,
to solve this issue.
Hardware name: Acer Tomato (rev3 - 4) board (DT)
pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : vcodec_vpu_send_msg+0x4c/0x190 [mtk_vcodec_dec]
lr : vcodec_send_ap_ipi+0x78/0x170 [mtk_vcodec_dec]
sp : ffff80008750bc20
x29: ffff80008750bc20 x28: ffff1299f6d70000 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff80008750bc98 x22: 000000000000a003 x21: ffffd45c4cfae000
x20: 0000000000000010 x19: ffff1299fd668310 x18: 000000000000001a
x17: 000000040044ffff x16: ffffd45cb15dc648 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: ffff1299c08da1c0 x13: ffffd45cb1f87a10 x12: ffffd45cb2f5fe80
x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000001b30 x9 : ffffd45c4d12b488
x8 : 1fffe25339380d81 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : ffff1299c9c06c00
x5 : 0000000000000132 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000010 x1 : ffff80008750bc98 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
vcodec_vpu_send_msg+0x4c/0x190 [mtk_vcodec_dec]
vcodec_send_ap_ipi+0x78/0x170 [mtk_vcodec_dec]
vpu_dec_deinit+0x1c/0x30 [mtk_vcod…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-35921 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-2024-35921" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-35921 (Linux kernel) — CWE-416 / 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.
Use-after-free (CWE-416) 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-2024-35921 linux Fixed in: 6.8.9-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35921 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org