Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-42300)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-42300). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix race in z_erofs_get_gbuf()
In z_erofs_get_gbuf(), the current task may be migrated to another
CPU between z_erofs_gbuf_id() and spin_lock(&gbuf->lock).
Therefore, z_erofs_put_gbuf() will trigger the following issue
which was found by stress test:
<2>[772156.434168] kernel BUG at fs/erofs/zutil.c:58!
..
<4>[772156.435007]
<4>[772156.439237] CPU: 0 PID: 3078 Comm: stress Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.10.0-rc7+ #2
<4>[772156.439239] Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 1.0.0 01/01/2017
<4>[772156.439241] pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
<4>[772156.439243] pc : z_erofs_put_gbuf+0x64/0x70 [erofs]
<4>[772156.439252] lr : z_erofs_lz4_decompress+0x600/0x6a0 [erofs]
..
<6>[772156.445958] stress (3127): drop_caches: 1
<4>[772156.446120] Call trace:
<4>[772156.446121] z_erofs_put_gbuf+0x64/0x70 [erofs]
<4>[772156.446761] z_erofs_lz4_decompress+0x600/0x6a0 [erofs]
<4>[772156.446897] z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x740/0xa10 [erofs]
<4>[772156.447036] z_erofs_runqueue+0x428/0x8c0 [erofs]
<4>[772156.447160] z_erofs_readahead+0x224/0x390 [erofs]
..
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-42300 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-42300" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-42300 (Linux kernel) — CWE-362 / CVSS v3 7.8
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-362) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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-2024-42300 linux Fixed in: 6.10.3-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42300 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org