Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56652)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56652). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.12.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

drm/xe/reg_sr: Remove register pool

That pool implementation doesn't really work: if the krealloc happens to
move the memory and return another address, the entries in the xarray
become invalid, leading to use-after-free later:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xe_reg_sr_apply_mmio+0x570/0x760 [xe]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881244b2590 by task modprobe/2753

Allocated by task 2753:
 kasan_save_stack+0x39/0x70
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x40
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x37/0x60
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xc3/0xd0
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x200/0x6d0
 krealloc_noprof+0x229/0x380

Simplify the code to fix the bug. A better pooling strategy may be added
back later if needed.

(cherry picked from commit e5283bd4dfecbd3335f43b62a68e24dae23f59e4)

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56652 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.12.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-56652" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-56652 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.12.6 — 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 6.12.6.

🛡️ 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 6.12.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.12.6 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":"6.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56652 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56652 linux Fixed in: 6.12.6-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56652 linux-hwe-edge