Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-40922)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-40922). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.35, 6.9.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

io_uring/rsrc: don't lock while !TASK_RUNNING

There is a report of io_rsrc_ref_quiesce() locking a mutex while not
TASK_RUNNING, which is due to forgetting restoring the state back after
io_run_task_work_sig() and attempts to break out of the waiting loop.

do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at
[] prepare_to_wait+0xa4/0x380
kernel/sched/wait.c:237
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 397056 at kernel/sched/core.c:10099
__might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099
RIP: 0010:__might_sleep+0x114/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:10099
Call Trace:

__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0xb4/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
io_rsrc_ref_quiesce+0x590/0x940 io_uring/rsrc.c:253
io_sqe_buffers_unregister+0xa2/0x340 io_uring/rsrc.c:799
__io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:424 [inline]
__do_sys_io_uring_register+0x5b9/0x2400 io_uring/register.c:613
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x270 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-40922 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.35, 6.9.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-40922" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-40922 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.35, 6.9.6 — 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 6.6.35, 6.9.6.

🛡️ 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 6.6.35, 6.9.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.35, 6.9.6 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":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.35"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40922 linux Fixed in: 6.9.7-1