Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-53168)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-53168). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888111f322cd by task swapper/0/0

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-dirty #7
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3d0
print_report+0xb4/0x270
kasan_report+0xbd/0xf0
tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0
tcp_write_timer+0x66/0x170
call_timer_fn+0xfb/0x1d0
__run_timers+0x3f8/0x480
run_timer_softirq+0x9b/0x100
handle_softirqs+0x153/0x390
__irq_exit_rcu+0x103/0x120
irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x90

asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xf/0x20
Code: 4c 01 c7 4c 29 c2 e9 72 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 33 f8 25 00 fb f4 c3 cc cc cc
cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffffa2007e28 EFLAGS: 00000242
RAX: 00000000000f3b31 RBX: 1ffffffff4400fc7 RCX: ffffffffa09c3196
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff9f00590f
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed102360835d
R10: ffff88811b041aeb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffffffa202d7c0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000000147d0
default_idle_call+0x6b/0xa0
cpuidle_idle_…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-53168 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-53168" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-53168 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2 — 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 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2.

🛡️ 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 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2 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":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.64"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.11.11"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.12.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-53168 linux-lts
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53168 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53168 linux-aws Fixed in: 4.4.0-1144.150