Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-38636)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-38636). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

f2fs: multidev: fix to recognize valid zero block address

As reported by Yi Zhang in mailing list [1], kernel warning was catched
during zbd/010 test as below:

./check zbd/010
zbd/010 (test gap zone support with F2FS) [failed]
runtime ... 3.752s
something found in dmesg:
[ 4378.146781] run blktests zbd/010 at 2024-02-18 11:31:13
[ 4378.192349] null_blk: module loaded
[ 4378.209860] null_blk: disk nullb0 created
[ 4378.413285] scsi_debug:sdebug_driver_probe: scsi_debug: trim
poll_queues to 0. poll_q/nr_hw = (0/1)
[ 4378.422334] scsi host15: scsi_debug: version 0191 [20210520]
dev_size_mb=1024, opts=0x0, submit_queues=1, statistics=0
[ 4378.434922] scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access-ZBC Linux
scsi_debug 0191 PQ: 0 ANSI: 7
[ 4378.443343] scsi 15:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred
[ 4378.449371] sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 20
[ 4378.449418] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdf] Host-managed zoned block device
...
(See '/mnt/tests/gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/19168116/repository/archive.zip/storage/blktests/blk/blktests/results/nodev/zbd/010.dmesg'

WARNING: CPU: 22 PID: 44011 at fs/iomap/iter.c:51
CPU: 22 PID: 44011 Comm: fio Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3+ #1
RIP: 0010:iomap_iter+0x32b/0x350
Call Trace:

__iomap_dio_rw+0x1df/0x830
f2fs_file_read_iter+0x156/0x3d0 [f2fs]
aio_read+0x138/0x210
io_submit_one+0x188/0x8c0
_…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38636 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-38636" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-38636 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4 — 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 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4.

🛡️ 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 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4 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":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.93"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.33"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38636 linux Fixed in: 6.1.94-1