Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43835)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43835). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

virtio_net: Fix napi_skb_cache_put warning

After the commit bdacf3e34945 ("net: Use nested-BH locking for
napi_alloc_cache.") was merged, the following warning began to appear:

 WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at net/core/skbuff.c:1451 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0

  __warn+0x12f/0x340
  napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
  napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
  report_bug+0x165/0x370
  handle_bug+0x3d/0x80
  exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50
  asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
  __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
  napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
  __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
  __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
  __pfx___free_old_xmit+0x10/0x10

The issue arises because virtio is assuming it's running in NAPI context
even when it's not, such as in the netpoll case.

To resolve this, modify virtnet_poll_tx() to only set NAPI when budget
is available. Same for virtnet_poll_cleantx(), which always assumed that
it was in a NAPI context.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43835 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-43835" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-43835 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3 — 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 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3.

🛡️ 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 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3
```
ステージング環境で 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50, 6.10.3 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":"5.4.284"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.226"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.167"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.109"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.50"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.10.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43835 linux Fixed in: 5.10.226-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43835 linux-hwe-edge