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CVE-2024-40912 medium CVSS 5.5

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-40912)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-40912). 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:

wifi: mac80211: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup()

The ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup() function takes sta->ps_lock to
synchronizes with ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf() which is called from
softirq context. However using only spin_lock() to get sta->ps_lock in
ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup() does not prevent softirq to execute
on this same CPU, to run ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf() and try to
take this same lock ending in deadlock. Below is an example of rcu stall
that arises in such situation.

rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 2-....: (42413413 ticks this GP) idle=b154/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=1763/1765 fqs=21206996
rcu: (t=42586894 jiffies g=2057 q=362405 ncpus=4)
CPU: 2 PID: 719 Comm: wpa_supplicant Tainted: G W 6.4.0-02158-g1b062f552873 #742
Hardware name: RPT (r1) (DT)
pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x58/0x2d0
lr : invoke_tx_handlers_early+0x5b4/0x5c0
sp : ffff00001ef64660
x29: ffff00001ef64660 x28: ffff000009bc1070 x27: ffff000009bc0ad8
x26: ffff000009bc0900 x25: ffff00001ef647a8 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff000009bc0900 x22: ffff000009bc0900 x21: ffff00000ac0e000
x20: ffff00000a279e00 x19: ffff00001ef646e8 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: ffff800016468000 x16: ffff00001ef608c0 x15: 0010533c93f64f80
x14: 0010395c9faa3946 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 00000000fa83b2da…

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-40912 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-40912" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-40912 (Linux kernel) — CWE-667 / CVSS v3 5.5
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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-667) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ 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. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify 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。

  2. 2
    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。

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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