Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-40952)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-40952). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.36, 6.9.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_journal_dirty()

bdev->bd_super has been removed and commit 8887b94d9322 change the usage
from bdev->bd_super to b_assoc_map->host->i_sb. This introduces the
following NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_journal_dirty() since
b_assoc_map is still not initialized. This can be easily reproduced by
running xfstests generic/186, which simulate no more credits.

[ 134.351592] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
...
[ 134.355341] RIP: 0010:ocfs2_journal_dirty+0x14f/0x160 [ocfs2]
...
[ 134.365071] Call Trace:
[ 134.365312]
[ 134.365524] ? __die_body+0x1e/0x60
[ 134.365868] ? page_fault_oops+0x13d/0x4f0
[ 134.366265] ? __pfx_bit_wait_io+0x10/0x10
[ 134.366659] ? schedule+0x27/0xb0
[ 134.366981] ? exc_page_fault+0x6a/0x140
[ 134.367356] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[ 134.367762] ? ocfs2_journal_dirty+0x14f/0x160 [ocfs2]
[ 134.368305] ? ocfs2_journal_dirty+0x13d/0x160 [ocfs2]
[ 134.368837] ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs.isra.51+0x139/0x2e0 [ocfs2]
[ 134.369454] ocfs2_grow_tree+0x688/0x8a0 [ocfs2]
[ 134.369927] ocfs2_split_and_insert.isra.67+0x35c/0x4a0 [ocfs2]
[ 134.370521] ocfs2_split_extent+0x314/0x4d0 [ocfs2]
[ 134.371019] ocfs2_change_extent_flag+0x174/0x410 [ocfs2]
[ 134.371566] ocfs2_add_refcount_flag+0x3fa/0x630 [ocfs2]
[ 134.372117] ocfs2_reflink_remap_extent+0x21b/0x4c0 [ocfs2]
[ 134.372994] ? inode_upd…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-40952 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.36, 6.9.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-40952" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-40952 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.36, 6.9.7 — 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 6.6.36, 6.9.7.

🛡️ 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 6.6.36, 6.9.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.36, 6.9.7 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":"6.6.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.36"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40952 linux Fixed in: 6.9.7-1