Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50254)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-50254). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.11.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

bpf: Free dynamically allocated bits in bpf_iter_bits_destroy()

bpf_iter_bits_destroy() uses "kit->nr_bits <= 64" to check whether the
bits are dynamically allocated. However, the check is incorrect and may
cause a kmemleak as shown below:

unreferenced object 0xffff88812628c8c0 (size 32):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294727320
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
b0 c1 55 f5 81 88 ff ff f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 ..U...........
f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..............
backtrace (crc 781e32cc):
[<00000000c452b4ab>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4b/0x80
[<0000000004e09f80>] __kmalloc_node_noprof+0x480/0x5c0
[<00000000597124d6>] __alloc.isra.0+0x89/0xb0
[<000000004ebfffcd>] alloc_bulk+0x2af/0x720
[<00000000d9c10145>] prefill_mem_cache+0x7f/0xb0
[<00000000ff9738ff>] bpf_mem_alloc_init+0x3e2/0x610
[<000000008b616eac>] bpf_global_ma_init+0x19/0x30
[<00000000fc473efc>] do_one_initcall+0xd3/0x3c0
[<00000000ec81498c>] kernel_init_freeable+0x66a/0x940
[<00000000b119f72f>] kernel_init+0x20/0x160
[<00000000f11ac9a7>] ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x70
[<0000000004671da4>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

That is because nr_bits will be set as zero in bpf_iter_bits_next()
after all bits have been iterated.

Fix the issue by setting kit->bit to kit->nr_bits instead of setting
kit->nr_bits to zero when the iteration completes in
bpf_iter_bits_next(). In addition, use "!nr_bits || bits >= nr_bits" to
check whether…

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

Auto-generated summary

Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50254 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.11.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-50254" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-50254 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.11.7 — 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.11.7.

🛡️ 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 6.11.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.11.7 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":"6.11.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50254 linux Fixed in: 6.11.7-1