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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624)

Summary

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc() As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts: refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P) refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L) iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd] ... VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd]) WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 Call trace: filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P) filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L) __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98 ... imbalanced put on file reference count WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 Call trace: __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P) __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L) __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0 Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624 (linux-hwe-edge)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 — 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 linux-hwe-edge.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux-hwe-edge.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1.

🛡️ 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 'linux-hwe-edge' . 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 'linux-hwe-edge' . | 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 linux-hwe-edge 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 linux-hwe-edge to 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1
```
ステージング環境で 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 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。