Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-40942)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-40942). 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: mesh: Fix leak of mesh_preq_queue objects
The hwmp code use objects of type mesh_preq_queue, added to a list in
ieee80211_if_mesh, to keep track of mpath we need to resolve. If the mpath
gets deleted, ex mesh interface is removed, the entries in that list will
never get cleaned. Fix this by flushing all corresponding items of the
preq_queue in mesh_path_flush_pending().
This should take care of KASAN reports like this:
unreferenced object 0xffff00000668d800 (size 128):
comm "kworker/u8:4", pid 67, jiffies 4295419552 (age 1836.444s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 1f 05 09 00 00 ff ff 00 d5 68 06 00 00 ff ff ..........h.....
8e 97 ea eb 3e b8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....>...........
backtrace:
[<000000007302a0b6>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e0/0x35c
[<00000000049bd418>] kmalloc_trace+0x34/0x80
[<0000000000d792bb>] mesh_queue_preq+0x44/0x2a8
[<00000000c99c3696>] mesh_nexthop_resolve+0x198/0x19c
[<00000000926bf598>] ieee80211_xmit+0x1d0/0x1f4
[<00000000fc8c2284>] __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x30c/0x764
[<000000005926ee38>] ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x9c/0x7a4
[<000000004c86e916>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x174/0x440
[<0000000023495647>] __dev_queue_xmit+0xe24/0x111c
[<00000000cfe9ca78>] batadv_send_skb_packet+0x180/0x1e4
[<000000007bacc5d5>] batadv_v_elp_periodic_work+0x2f4/0x508
[<00000000adc3cd94>] process_one_work+0x4b8/0xa1c…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-40942 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-2024-40942" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-40942 (Linux kernel) — CWE-401 / 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-401) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). 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-2024-40942 linux Fixed in: 5.10.221-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40942 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com