Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56551)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56551). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu: fix usage slab after free

[ +0.000021] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_sched_entity_flush+0x6cb/0x7a0 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000027] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881b8605f88 by task amd_pci_unplug/2147

[ +0.000023] CPU: 6 PID: 2147 Comm: amd_pci_unplug Not tainted 6.10.0+ #1
[ +0.000016] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI), BIOS 1401 12/03/2020
[ +0.000016] Call Trace:
[ +0.000008]
[ +0.000009] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
[ +0.000017] print_report+0xce/0x5f0
[ +0.000017] ? drm_sched_entity_flush+0x6cb/0x7a0 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000019] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ +0.000015] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x72/0x200
[ +0.000016] ? drm_sched_entity_flush+0x6cb/0x7a0 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000019] kasan_report+0xbe/0x110
[ +0.000015] ? drm_sched_entity_flush+0x6cb/0x7a0 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000023] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x30
[ +0.000014] drm_sched_entity_flush+0x6cb/0x7a0 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000020] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ +0.000013] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
[ +0.000016] ? __pfx_drm_sched_entity_flush+0x10/0x10 [gpu_sched]
[ +0.000020] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ +0.000013] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
[ +0.000013] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ +0.000013] ? enable_work+0x124/0x220
[ +0.000015] ? __pfx_enable_work+0x10/0x10
[ +0.000013] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ +0.000014] ? free_large_kmalloc…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56551 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-56551" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-56551 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4 — 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 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4.

🛡️ 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 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.181, 6.1.127, 6.6.64, 6.12.4 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":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.181"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.127"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.64"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56551 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.127-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56551 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56551 linux-aws Fixed in: 4.4.0-1144.150