Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43850)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43850). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.44, 6.10.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

soc: qcom: icc-bwmon: Fix refcount imbalance seen during bwmon_remove

The following warning is seen during bwmon_remove due to refcount
imbalance, fix this by releasing the OPPs after use.

Logs:
WARNING: at drivers/opp/core.c:1640 _opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. X1E80100 CRD (DT)
...
Call trace:
_opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158
dev_pm_opp_remove_table+0x100/0x1b4
devm_pm_opp_of_table_release+0x10/0x1c
devm_action_release+0x14/0x20
devres_release_all+0xa4/0x104
device_unbind_cleanup+0x18/0x60
device_release_driver_internal+0x1ec/0x228
driver_detach+0x50/0x98
bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc
driver_unregister+0x30/0x60
platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x20
bwmon_driver_exit+0x18/0x524 [icc_bwmon]
__arm64_sys_delete_module+0x184/0x264
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x118
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xe8
do_el0_svc+0x20/0x2c
el0_svc+0x34/0xdc
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
--[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43850 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.44, 6.10.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-43850" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-43850 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.44, 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 6.6.44, 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 6.6.44, 6.10.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.44, 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":"6.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.44"}]},{"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-2024-43850 linux