Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-53216)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-53216). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Exploitable via cache_head. 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:

nfsd: release svc_expkey/svc_export with rcu_work

The last reference for cache_head can be reduced to zero in c_show
and e_show(using rcu_read_lock and rcu_read_unlock). Consequently,
svc_export_put and expkey_put will be invoked, leading to two
issues:

The svc_export_put will directly free ex_uuid. However,
e_show/c_show will access ex_uuid after cache_put, which can
trigger a use-after-free issue, shown below.

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in svc_export_show+0x362/0x430 [nfsd]
Read of size 1 at addr ff11000010fdc120 by task cat/870

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 870 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3a0
print_report+0xb9/0x280
kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
svc_export_show+0x362/0x430 [nfsd]
c_show+0x161/0x390 [sunrpc]
seq_read_iter+0x589/0x770
seq_read+0x1e5/0x270
proc_reg_read+0xe1/0x140
vfs_read+0x125/0x530
ksys_read+0xc1/0x160
do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Allocated by task 830:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x1bc/0x400
kmemdup_nopr…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-53216 has been found in Kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like cache_head over the network to misuse the product.
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-2024-53216" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-53216 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Attack surface: cache_head / c_show / e_show / rcu_read_lock
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. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via cache_head.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel. Attack surface: cache_head / c_show / e_show / rcu_read_lock.

🔥 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":"4.20.0"},{"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-2024-53216 linux-lts
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53216 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53216 linux-hwe-edge