Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56628 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-2024-56628" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-56628 (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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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 |
≥ 5.19.0, < 6.1.120 ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.6.66 ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.12.5 |
6.1.120 6.6.66 6.12.5 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56628 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.120-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56628 linux Fixed in: 6.1.123-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56628 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
LoongArch: Add architecture specific huge_pte_clear()
When executing mm selftests run_vmtests.sh, there is such an error:
BUG: Bad page state in process uffd-unit-tests pfn:00000
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0
flags: 0xffff0000002000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0xffff)
raw: 00ffff0000002000 ffffbf0000000008 ffffbf0000000008 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq snd_seq_device rfkill vfat fat
virtio_balloon efi_pstore virtio_net pstore net_failover failover fuse
nfnetlink virtio_scsi virtio_gpu virtio_dma_buf dm_multipath efivarfs
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1913 Comm: uffd-unit-tests Not tainted 6.12.0 #184
Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022
Stack : 900000047c8ac000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a7c 900000047c8ac000
900000047c8af690 900000047c8af698 0000000000000000 900000047c8af7d8
900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af5b0 0000000000000001
0000000000000001 900000047c8af698 10b3c7d53da40d26 0000010000000000
0000000000000022 0000000fffffffff fffffffffe000000 ffff800000000000
000000000000002f 0000800000000000 000000017a6d4000 90000000028f8940
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 90000000025aa5e0 9000000002905000…
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 lists.debian.org