Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-49939 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-49939" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-49939 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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Identify exposureidentify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 5.16.0, < 6.1.120 ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.6.55 ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.10.14 ≥ 6.11.0, < 6.11.3 |
6.1.120 6.6.55 6.10.14 6.11.3 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49939 linux Fixed in: 6.1.123-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49939 linux
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER
If SER L2 occurs during the WoWLAN resume flow, the add interface flow
is triggered by ieee80211_reconfig(). However, due to
rtw89_wow_resume() return failure, it will cause the add interface flow
to be executed again, resulting in a double add list and causing a kernel
panic. Therefore, we have added a check to prevent double adding of the
list.
list_add double add: new=ffff99d6992e2010, prev=ffff99d6992e2010, next=ffff99d695302628.
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kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:37!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G W O 6.6.30-02659-gc18865c4dfbd #1 770df2933251a0e3c888ba69d1053a817a6376a7
Hardware name: HP Grunt/Grunt, BIOS Google_Grunt.11031.169.0 06/24/2021
Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211]
RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0
Code: c7 74 18 48 39 ce 74 13 b0 01 59 5a 5e 5f 41 58 41 59 41 5a 5d e9 e2 d6 03 00 cc 48 c7 c7 8d 4f 17 83 48 89 c2 e8 02 c0 00 00 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 aa 8c 1c 83 e8 f4 bf 00 00 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 c8 bc 12
RSP: 0018:ffffa91b8007bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000058 RBX: ffff99d6992e0900 RCX: a014d76c70ef3900
RDX: ffffa91b8007bae8 RSI: 00000000ffffdfff RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffa91b8007bc88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa91b8007bae0
R10: 00000000ffffdfff R11: ffffffff83a79800 R12: ffff99d69530…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org