Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56541)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56541). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

wifi: ath12k: fix use-after-free in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()

During ath12k module removal, in ath12k_core_deinit(),
ath12k_mac_destroy() un-registers ah->hw from mac80211 and frees
the ah->hw as well as all the ar's in it. After this
ath12k_core_soc_destroy()-> ath12k_dp_free()-> ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()
tries to access one of the freed ar's from pending skb.

This is because during mac destroy, driver failed to flush few
data packets, which were accessed later in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()
and freed, but using ar from the packet led to this use-after-free.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888150bd3514 by task modprobe/8926
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8926 Comm: modprobe Not tainted
6.11.0-rc2-wt-ath+ #1746
Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS
HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021

Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xe0
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x33/0x3a0
print_report+0xb5/0x260
? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x24/0x80
kasan_report+0xd8/0x110
? ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
? ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
kasan_check_range+0xf3/0x1a0
__kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
ath12k_dp_free+0x178/0x420 [ath12k]
ath12k_core_stop+0x176/0x200 [ath12k]
ath12k_core_deinit+0x13f/0x210 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_remove+0xad/0x…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56541 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.11.11, 6.12.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-56541" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-56541 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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 6.11.11, 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 6.11.11, 6.12.2
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.10.0"},{"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-2024-56541 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56541 linux Fixed in: 6.12.3-1