Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-56368)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-56368). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ring-buffer: Fix overflow in __rb_map_vma
An overflow occurred when performing the following calculation:
nr_pages = ((nr_subbufs + 1) << subbuf_order) - pgoff;
Add a check before the calculation to avoid this problem.
syzbot reported this as a slab-out-of-bounds in __rb_map_vma:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __rb_map_vma+0x9ab/0xae0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7058
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880767dd2b8 by task syz-executor187/5836
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5836 Comm: syz-executor187 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2-syzkaller-00159-gf932fb9b4074 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:489
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:602
__rb_map_vma+0x9ab/0xae0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7058
ring_buffer_map+0x56e/0x9b0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7138
tracing_buffers_mmap+0xa6/0x120 kernel/trace/trace.c:8482
call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2183 [inline]
mmap_file mm/internal.h:124 [inline]
__mmap_new_file_vma mm/vma.c:2291 [inline]
__mmap_new_vma mm/vma.c:2355 [inline]
__mmap_region+0x1786/0x2670 mm/vma.c:2456
mmap_region+0x127/0x320 mm/mmap.c:1348
do_mmap+0xc00/0xfc0 mm/mmap.c:496
vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1ba/0x360 mm/util.c:580
ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x32c/0x5c0…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56368 has been found in Linux kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-56368" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-56368 (Linux kernel) — CWE-190 / CVSS v3 7.1
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 (CWE-190) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
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-2024-56368 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56368 linux Fixed in: 6.12.8-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56368 linux
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org