Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50126)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50126). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.117, 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:

net: sched: use RCU read-side critical section in taprio_dump()

Fix possible use-after-free in 'taprio_dump()' by adding RCU
read-side critical section there. Never seen on x86 but
found on a KASAN-enabled arm64 system when investigating
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b65e0af58423fc8a73aa:

[T15862] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0
[T15862] Read of size 4 at addr ffff0000d4bb88f8 by task repro/15862
[T15862]
[T15862] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15862 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1-00293-gdefaf1a2113a-dirty #2
[T15862] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20240524-5.fc40 05/24/2024
[T15862] Call trace:
[T15862] dump_backtrace+0x20c/0x220
[T15862] show_stack+0x2c/0x40
[T15862] dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x174
[T15862] print_report+0x170/0x4d8
[T15862] kasan_report+0xb8/0x1d4
[T15862] __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x2c
[T15862] taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0
[T15862] tc_fill_qdisc+0x540/0x1020
[T15862] qdisc_notify.isra.0+0x330/0x3a0
[T15862] tc_modify_qdisc+0x7b8/0x1838
[T15862] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20
[T15862] netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4
[T15862] rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40
[T15862] netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790
[T15862] netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20
[T15862] __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0
[T15862] ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840
[T15862] ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0
[T15862] __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0
[T15862] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0
[T15862] invoke_syscall+0x8…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50126 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.117, 6.6.59, 6.11.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-50126" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-50126 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.117, 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.117, 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 6.1.117, 6.6.59, 6.11.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.117, 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":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.117"}]},{"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-2024-50126 linux Fixed in: 6.1.119-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50126 linux-hwe-edge