CVE-2024-41098

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Jul 29, 2024 linux CWE-476 EPSS 0.26% (18th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-41098 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 29, 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:

ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error

If the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails,

ata_host_release() will get called.

However, the code in ata_host_release() tries to free ata_port struct

members unconditionally, which can lead to the following:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000003990

PGD 0 P4D 0

Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

CPU: 10 PID: 594 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #44

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014

RIP: 0010:ata_host_release.cold+0x2f/0x6e [libata]

Code: e4 4d 63 f4 44 89 e2 48 c7 c6 90 ad 32 c0 48 c7 c7 d0 70 33 c0 49 83 c6 0e 41

RSP: 0018:ffffc90000ebb968 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000041 RBX: ffff88810fb52e78 RCX: 0000000000000000

RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88813b3218c0 RDI: ffff88813b3218c0

RBP: ffff88810fb52e40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 6c65725f74736f68

R10: ffffc9

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	>= 2.6.24, < 6.6.37	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-41098?

CVE-2024-41098 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 29, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-41098?

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-2024-41098?

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