Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-53178)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-53178). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: Don't leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir
open_cached_dir() may either race with the tcon reconnection even before
compound_send_recv() or directly trigger a reconnection via
SMB2_open_init() or SMB_query_info_init().
The reconnection process invokes invalidate_all_cached_dirs() via
cifs_mark_open_files_invalid(), which removes all cfids from the
cfids->entries list but doesn't drop a ref if has_lease isn't true. This
results in the currently-being-constructed cfid not being on the list,
but still having a refcount of 2. It leaks if returned from
open_cached_dir().
Fix this by setting cfid->has_lease when the ref is actually taken; the
cfid will not be used by other threads until it has a valid time.
Addresses these kmemleaks:
unreferenced object 0xffff8881090c4000 (size 1024):
comm "bash", pid 1860, jiffies 4295126592
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de ........".......
00 ca 45 22 81 88 ff ff f8 dc 4f 04 81 88 ff ff ..E"......O.....
backtrace (crc 6f58c20f):
[] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2be/0x350
[] open_cached_dir+0x993/0x1fb0
[] cifs_readdir+0x15a0/0x1d50
[] iterate_dir+0x28f/0x4b0
[] __x64_sys_getdents64+0xfd/0x200
[] do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0
[] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
unreferenced object 0xffff8881044fdcf8 (size 8):
comm "bash", pid 1860, jiffies 4295126592
hex dump (first 8…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-53178 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-53178" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-53178 (Linux kernel) — CWE-401 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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 (CWE-401) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). 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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1Identify exposure identify
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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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-53178 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53178 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53178 linux
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org