Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-41068)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-41068). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

s390/sclp: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure

If sclp_init() fails it only partially cleans up: if there are multiple
failing calls to sclp_init() sclp_state_change_event will be added several
times to sclp_reg_list, which results in the following warning:

------------[ cut here ]------------
list_add double add: new=000003ffe1598c10, prev=000003ffe1598bf0, next=000003ffe1598c10.
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at lib/list_debug.c:35 __list_add_valid_or_report+0xde/0xf8
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc3
Krnl PSW : 0404c00180000000 000003ffe0d6076a (__list_add_valid_or_report+0xe2/0xf8)
R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
...
Call Trace:
[<000003ffe0d6076a>] __list_add_valid_or_report+0xe2/0xf8
([<000003ffe0d60766>] __list_add_valid_or_report+0xde/0xf8)
[<000003ffe0a8d37e>] sclp_init+0x40e/0x450
[<000003ffe00009f2>] do_one_initcall+0x42/0x1e0
[<000003ffe15b77a6>] do_initcalls+0x126/0x150
[<000003ffe15b7a0a>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ba/0x1f8
[<000003ffe0d6650e>] kernel_init+0x2e/0x180
[<000003ffe000301c>] __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x60
[<000003ffe0d759ca>] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x30

Fix this by removing sclp_state_change_event from sclp_reg_list when
sclp_init() fails.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-41068 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-41068" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-41068 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11 — 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 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11.

🛡️ 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 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11 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":"5.13.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.164"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.101"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.42"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.11"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41068 linux Fixed in: 5.10.223-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41068 linux