Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-53220 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-53220" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-53220 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
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 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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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2
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 |
≥ 4.20.0, < 6.1.120 ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.6.64 ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.11.11 ≥ 6.12.0, < 6.12.2 |
6.1.120 6.6.64 6.11.11 6.12.2 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-53220 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.120-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53220 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53220 linux
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to account dirty data in __get_secs_required()
It will trigger system panic w/ testcase in [1]:
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kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2752!
RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0xc81/0x2110
Call Trace:
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x1c91/0x4540
do_write_page+0x163/0xdf0
f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x1aa/0x340
f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x797/0x2280
f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x16cd/0x2190
f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x994/0x1c80
f2fs_write_data_pages+0x9cc/0xea0
do_writepages+0x194/0x7a0
filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x12b/0x1a0
__filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xbb/0xf0
file_write_and_wait_range+0xa1/0x110
f2fs_do_sync_file+0x26f/0x1c50
f2fs_sync_file+0x12b/0x1d0
vfs_fsync_range+0xfa/0x230
do_fsync+0x3d/0x80
__x64_sys_fsync+0x37/0x50
x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x20d0
do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The root cause is if checkpoint_disabling and lfs_mode are both on,
it will trigger OPU for all overwritten data, it may cost more free
segment than expected, so f2fs must account those data correctly to
calculate cosumed free segments later, and return ENOSPC earlier to
avoid run out of free segment during block allocation.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/20241015025106.3203676-1-chao@kernel.org/
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
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org