Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43901)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-43901). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.10.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference for DTN log in DCN401

When users run the command:

cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_dm_dtn_log

The following NULL pointer dereference happens:

[ +0.000003] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: NULL
[ +0.000005] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
[ +0.000002] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
[ +0.000002] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ +0.000004] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ +0.000003] RIP: 0010:0x0
[ +0.000008] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
[...]
[ +0.000002] PKRU: 55555554
[ +0.000002] Call Trace:
[ +0.000002]
[ +0.000003] ? show_regs+0x65/0x70
[ +0.000006] ? __die+0x24/0x70
[ +0.000004] ? page_fault_oops+0x160/0x470
[ +0.000006] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2b5/0x690
[ +0.000003] ? prb_read_valid+0x1c/0x30
[ +0.000005] ? exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x1a0
[ +0.000005] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
[ +0.000012] dcn10_log_color_state+0xf9/0x510 [amdgpu]
[ +0.000306] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ +0.000003] ? vsnprintf+0x2fb/0x600
[ +0.000009] dcn10_log_hw_state+0xfd0/0xfe0 [amdgpu]
[ +0.000218] ? __mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0xe8/0x170
[ +0.000008] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ +0.000002] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
[ +0.000003] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ +0.000002] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ +0.000002] ? set_ptes.isra.0+0x2b/0…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43901 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.10.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-43901" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-43901 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.10.5 — 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 6.10.5.

🛡️ 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 6.10.5
```
ステージング環境で 6.10.5 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":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"6.10.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43901 linux