Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50114)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50114). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.11.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

KVM: arm64: Unregister redistributor for failed vCPU creation

Alex reports that syzkaller has managed to trigger a use-after-free when
tearing down a VM:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kvm_put_kvm+0x300/0xe68 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5769
Read of size 8 at addr ffffff801c6890d0 by task syz.3.2219/10758

CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 10758 Comm: syz.3.2219 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-dirty #64
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x17c/0x1a8 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:317
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:324
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x94/0xc0 lib/dump_stack.c:119
print_report+0x144/0x7a4 mm/kasan/report.c:377
kasan_report+0xcc/0x128 mm/kasan/report.c:601
__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x2c mm/kasan/report_generic.c:381
kvm_put_kvm+0x300/0xe68 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5769
kvm_vm_release+0x4c/0x60 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1409
__fput+0x198/0x71c fs/file_table.c:422
____fput+0x20/0x30 fs/file_table.c:450
task_work_run+0x1cc/0x23c kernel/task_work.c:228
do_notify_resume+0x144/0x1a0 include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50
el0_svc+0x64/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:169
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x90/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598

Upon closer inspection, it appears that we do not properly tear down the
MMIO registration for a vCPU that…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50114 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.11.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-50114" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-50114 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 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 6.11.6
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.11.0"},{"fixed":"6.11.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50114 linux Fixed in: 6.11.6-1