Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-44999)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-44999). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

gtp: pull network headers in gtp_dev_xmit()

syzbot/KMSAN reported use of uninit-value in get_dev_xmit() [1]

We must make sure the IPv4 or Ipv6 header is pulled in skb->head
before accessing fields in them.

Use pskb_inet_may_pull() to fix this issue.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ipv6_pdp_find drivers/net/gtp.c:220 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in gtp_build_skb_ip6 drivers/net/gtp.c:1229 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in gtp_dev_xmit+0x1424/0x2540 drivers/net/gtp.c:1281
ipv6_pdp_find drivers/net/gtp.c:220 [inline]
gtp_build_skb_ip6 drivers/net/gtp.c:1229 [inline]
gtp_dev_xmit+0x1424/0x2540 drivers/net/gtp.c:1281
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4913 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4922 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa20 net/core/dev.c:3596
__dev_queue_xmit+0x358c/0x5610 net/core/dev.c:4423
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3105 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3145 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x90e3/0xa3a0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3177
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745
__sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2204
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2216 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2212 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2212
x64_sys_call+0x3799/0x3c1…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-44999 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-44999" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-44999 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7 — 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 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7.

🛡️ 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 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7
```
ステージング環境で 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7 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":"4.7.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.321"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.283"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.225"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.166"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.107"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.48"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.10.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44999 linux Fixed in: 5.10.226-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44999 linux-azure