CVE-2024-44975

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Sep 4, 2024 linux EPSS 0.20% (9th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-44975 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 4, 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:

cgroup/cpuset: fix panic caused by partcmd_update

We find a bug as below:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000003

PGD 0 P4D 0

Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

CPU: 3 PID: 358 Comm: bash Tainted: G W I 6.6.0-10893-g60d6

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/4

RIP: 0010:partition_sched_domains_locked+0x483/0x600

Code: 01 48 85 d2 74 0d 48 83 05 29 3f f8 03 01 f3 48 0f bc c2 89 c0 48 9

RSP: 0018:ffffc90000fdbc58 EFLAGS: 00000202

RAX: 0000000100000003 RBX: ffff888100b3dfa0 RCX: 0000000000000000

RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000000000002fe80

RBP: ffff888100b3dfb0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000

R10: ffffc90000fdbcb0 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: 0000000000000002

R13: ffff888100a92b48 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000

FS: 00007f44a5425740(0000) GS:ffff888237d80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0:

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	>= 6.7, < 6.10.7	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d6c6cf8ef6a3c532aa159f5114077746a372d6 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/959ab6350add903e352890af53e86663739fcb9a

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-44975?

CVE-2024-44975 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 4, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-44975?

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-2024-44975?

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