Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50139 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-50139" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-50139 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.9
Attack vector: local / 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 7.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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 |
≥ 6.3.0, < 6.6.59 ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.11.6 |
6.6.59 6.11.6 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50139 linux Fixed in: 6.11.6-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50139 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Fix shift-out-of-bounds bug
Fix a shift-out-of-bounds bug reported by UBSAN when running
VM with MTE enabled host kernel.
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c:1988:14
shift exponent 33 is too large for 32-bit type 'int'
CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 7629 Comm: qemu-kvm Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2 #34
Hardware name: IEI NF5280R7/Mitchell MB, BIOS 00.00. 2024-10-12 09:28:54 10/14/2024
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128
show_stack+0x20/0x38
dump_stack_lvl+0x74/0x90
dump_stack+0x18/0x28
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0xf8/0x1e0
reset_clidr+0x10c/0x1c8
kvm_reset_sys_regs+0x50/0x1c8
kvm_reset_vcpu+0xec/0x2b0
__kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x84/0x158
kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x138/0x168
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_vcpu_init+0x40/0x2b0
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x28c/0x4b8
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4bc/0x7a8
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x70/0x100
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0
do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
el0_svc+0x3c/0x158
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130
el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198
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