Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50110)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50110). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping

During fuzz testing, the following issue was discovered:

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30
_copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30
__skb_datagram_iter+0x168/0x1060
skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5b/0x220
netlink_recvmsg+0x362/0x1700
sock_recvmsg+0x2dc/0x390
__sys_recvfrom+0x381/0x6d0
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0x130/0x200
x64_sys_call+0x32c8/0x3cc0
do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81

Uninit was stored to memory at:
copy_to_user_state_extra+0xcc1/0x1e00
dump_one_state+0x28c/0x5f0
xfrm_state_walk+0x548/0x11e0
xfrm_dump_sa+0x1e0/0x840
netlink_dump+0x943/0x1c40
__netlink_dump_start+0x746/0xdb0
xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x429/0xc00
netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780
xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0
netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280
netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490
__sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0
____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30
___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560
x64_sys_call+0x1316/0x3cc0
do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81

Uninit was created at:
__kmalloc+0x571/0xd30
attach_auth+0x106/0x3e0
xfrm_add_sa+0x2aa0/0x4230
xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x832/0xc00
netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780
xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0
netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280
netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490
__sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0
____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30
___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560
x64_sys_cal…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50110 has been found in Kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-50110" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-50110 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6 — 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: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6.

🛡️ 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 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6 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":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.170"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.115"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.59"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.11.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50110 linux Fixed in: 6.1.115-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50110 linux-hwe-edge