Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56743)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-56743). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.12.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

nfs_common: must not hold RCU while calling nfsd_file_put_local

Move holding the RCU from nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local to
nfs_to_nfsd_net_put. It is the call to nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put that
requires the RCU anyway (the puts for nfsd_file and netns were
combined to avoid an extra indirect reference but that
micro-optimization isn't possible now).

This fixes xfstests generic/013 and it triggering:

"Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!"

[ 143.545738] Call Trace:
[ 143.546206]
[ 143.546625] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80
[ 143.547267] ? __warn+0x91/0x140
[ 143.547951] ? rcu_note_context_switch+0x496/0x5d0
[ 143.548856] ? report_bug+0x193/0x1a0
[ 143.549557] ? handle_bug+0x63/0xa0
[ 143.550214] ? exc_invalid_op+0x1d/0x80
[ 143.550938] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
[ 143.551736] ? rcu_note_context_switch+0x496/0x5d0
[ 143.552634] ? wakeup_preempt+0x62/0x70
[ 143.553358] __schedule+0xaa/0x1380
[ 143.554025] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x12/0x40
[ 143.554958] ? try_to_wake_up+0x1fe/0x6b0
[ 143.555715] ? wake_up_process+0x19/0x20
[ 143.556452] schedule+0x2e/0x120
[ 143.557066] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x19/0x30
[ 143.557933] rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x24d/0x4a0
[ 143.558818] ? xfs_efi_item_format+0x50/0xc0 [xfs]
[ 143.559894] down_read+0x4e/0xb0
[ 143.560519] xlog_cil_commit+0x1b2/0xbc0 [xfs]
[ 143.561460] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x12/0x30
[ 143.562212]…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56743 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.12.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-56743" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-56743 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 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 6.12.2
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.12.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56743 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0