Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56629)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56629). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

HID: wacom: fix when get product name maybe null pointer

Due to incorrect dev->product reporting by certain devices, null
pointer dereferences occur when dev->product is empty, leading to
potential system crashes.

This issue was found on EXCELSIOR DL37-D05 device with
Loongson-LS3A6000-7A2000-DL37 motherboard.

Kernel logs:
[ 56.470885] usb 4-3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci-pci
[ 56.671638] usb 4-3: string descriptor 0 read error: -22
[ 56.671644] usb 4-3: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=0374, bcdDevice= 1.07
[ 56.671647] usb 4-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 56.678839] hid-generic 0003:056A:0374.0004: hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 056a:0374] on usb-0000:00:05.0-3/input0
[ 56.697719] CPU 2 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000, era == 90000000066e35c8, ra == ffff800004f98a80
[ 56.697732] Oops[#1]:
[ 56.697734] CPU: 2 PID: 2742 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G OE 6.6.0-loong64-desktop #25.00.2000.015
[ 56.697737] Hardware name: Inspur CE520L2/C09901N000000000, BIOS 2.09.00 10/11/2024
[ 56.697739] pc 90000000066e35c8 ra ffff800004f98a80 tp 9000000125478000 sp 900000012547b8a0
[ 56.697741] a0 0000000000000000 a1 ffff800004818b28 a2 0000000000000000 a3 0000000000000000
[ 56.697743] a4 900000012547b8f0 a5 0000000000000000 a6 0000000000000000 a7 0000000000000000
[…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56629 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-56629" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-56629 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 — 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5.

🛡️ 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 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5 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":"4.14.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.287"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.231"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.174"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.120"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.66"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56629 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.120-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56629 linux Fixed in: 5.10.234-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56629 linux-azure