Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-38539)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-38539). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/cma: Fix kmemleak in rdma_core observed during blktests nvme/rdma use siw
When running blktests nvme/rdma, the following kmemleak issue will appear.
kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector initialized (mempool available:36041)
kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started
kmemleak: 2 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 8 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 17 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 4 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
unreferenced object 0xffff88855da53400 (size 192):
comm "rdma", pid 10630, jiffies 4296575922
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
37 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 ff ff ff 1f 00 00 00 7...............
10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff 10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff .4.].....4.]....
backtrace (crc 47f66721):
[] kmalloc_trace+0x30d/0x3b0
[] alloc_gid_entry+0x47/0x380 [ib_core]
[] add_modify_gid+0x166/0x930 [ib_core]
[] ib_cache_update.part.0+0x6d8/0x910 [ib_core]
[] ib_cache_setup_one+0x24a/0x350 [ib_core]
[] ib_register_device+0x9e/0x3a0 [ib_core]
[] 0xffffffffc2a3d389
[] nldev_newlink+0x2b8/0x520 [ib_core]
[] rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x2c3/0x520 [ib_core]
[]
rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0.isra.0+0x23c/0x3a0 [ib_core]
[] netlink_unicast+0x445/0x710
[] netlink_sendmsg+0x761/0xc40
[] __sys_sendto+0x3a9/0x420
[] _x64_sys…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38539 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-38539" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-38539 (Linux kernel) — CWE-401 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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-401) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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-2024-38539 linux Fixed in: 6.8.12-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38539 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
- web git.kernel.org