CVE-2024-39298

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Jun 25, 2024 linux EPSS 0.23% (13th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-39298 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 25, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

mm/memory-failure: fix handling of dissolved but not taken off from buddy pages

When I did memory failure tests recently, below panic occurs:

page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x8cee00

flags: 0x6fffe0000000000(node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x7fff)

raw: 06fffe0000000000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 0000000000000000

raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000009 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000

page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageBuddy(page))

------------[ cut here ]------------

kernel BUG at include/linux/page-flags.h:1009!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

RIP: 0010:__del_page_from_free_list+0x151/0x180

RSP: 0018:ffffa49c90437998 EFLAGS: 00000046

RAX: 0000000000000035 RBX: 0000000000000009 RCX: ffff8dd8dfd1c9c8

RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff8dd8dfd1c9c0

RBP: ffffd901233b8000 R08: ffffffffab5511f8 R09: 0000000000008c69

R10: 0000000000003c15 R11: ffffffff

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.0, < 6.1.95	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-39298?

CVE-2024-39298 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 25, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-39298?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-39298?

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