Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-41083)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-41083). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.9.8 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

netfs: Fix netfs_page_mkwrite() to check folio->mapping is valid

Fix netfs_page_mkwrite() to check that folio->mapping is valid once it has
taken the folio lock (as filemap_page_mkwrite() does). Without this,
generic/247 occasionally oopses with something like the following:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

RIP: 0010:trace_event_raw_event_netfs_folio+0x61/0xc0
...
Call Trace:
 
 ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60
 ? page_fault_oops+0x6e/0xa0
 ? exc_page_fault+0xc2/0xe0
 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
 ? trace_event_raw_event_netfs_folio+0x61/0xc0
 trace_netfs_folio+0x39/0x40
 netfs_page_mkwrite+0x14c/0x1d0
 do_page_mkwrite+0x50/0x90
 do_pte_missing+0x184/0x200
 __handle_mm_fault+0x42d/0x500
 handle_mm_fault+0x121/0x1f0
 do_user_addr_fault+0x23e/0x3c0
 exc_page_fault+0xc2/0xe0
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30

This is due to the invalidate_inode_pages2_range() issued at the end of the
DIO write interfering with the mmap'd writes.

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-41083 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.9.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-41083" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-41083 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.9.8 — 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 6.9.8.

🛡️ 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 6.9.8
```
ステージング環境で 6.9.8 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":"6.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41083 linux Fixed in: 6.9.8-1