Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43098)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43098). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

i3c: Use i3cdev->desc->info instead of calling i3c_device_get_info() to avoid deadlock

A deadlock may happen since the i3c_master_register() acquires
&i3cbus->lock twice. See the log below.
Use i3cdev->desc->info instead of calling i3c_device_info() to
avoid acquiring the lock twice.

v2:

Modified the title and commit message

============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.11.0-mainline

init/1 is trying to acquire lock:
f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_bus_normaluse_lock

but task is already holding lock:
f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_master_register

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

   CPU0
   ----

lock(&i3cbus->lock);
lock(&i3cbus->lock);

*** DEADLOCK ***

May be due to missing lock nesting notation

2 locks held by init/1:
#0: fcffff809b6798f8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __driver_attach
#1: f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_master_register

stack backtrace:
CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0xfc/0x17c
show_stack+0x18/0x28
dump_stack_lvl+0x40/0xc0
dump_stack+0x18/0x24
print_deadlock_bug+0x388/0x390
__lock_acquire+0x18bc/0x32ec
lock_acquire+0x134/0x2b0
down_read+0x50/0x19c
i3c_bus_normaluse_lock+0x14/0x24
i3c_device_get_info+0x24/0x58
i3c_device_ueven…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43098 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-43098" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-43098 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 — 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 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5.

🛡️ 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 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 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":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.287"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.231"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.174"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.120"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.66"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-43098 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.120-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43098 linux Fixed in: 5.10.234-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43098 linux