Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56674)
Summary
Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56674). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_net: correct netdev_tx_reset_queue() invocation point When virtnet_close is followed by virtnet_open, some TX completions can possibly remain unconsumed, until they are finally processed during the first NAPI poll after the netdev_tx_reset_queue(), resulting in a crash [1]. Commit b96ed2c97c79 ("virtio_net: move netdev_tx_reset_queue() call before RX napi enable") was not sufficient to eliminate all BQL crash cases for virtio-net. This issue can be reproduced with the latest net-next master by running: while :; do ip l set DEV down; ip l set DEV up; done under heavy network TX load from inside the machine. netdev_tx_reset_queue() can actually be dropped from virtnet_open path; the device is not stopped in any case. For BQL core part, it's just like traffic nearly ceases to exist for some period. For stall detector added to BQL, even if virtnet_close could somehow lead to some TX completions delayed for long, followed by virtnet_open, we can just take it as stall as mentioned in commit 6025b9135f7a ("net: dqs: add NIC stall detector based on BQL"). Note also that users can still reset stall_max via sysfs. So, drop netdev_tx_reset_queue() from virtnet_enable_queue_pair(). This eliminates the BQL crashes. As a result, netdev_tx_reset_queue() is now explicitly required in freeze/restore path. This patch adds it to immediately after free_unused_bufs(), following the rule of thumb: netdev_tx_reset_queue()…
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56674 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56674" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56674 (linux-hwe-edge)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 — 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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in linux-hwe-edge.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux-hwe-edge.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1.
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. 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
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1Identify 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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1ステージング環境で 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 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。
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3Post-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
References
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report git.kernel.org
- report git.kernel.org
- report git.kernel.org