CVE-2024-45012

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Sep 11, 2024 linux CWE-770 EPSS 0.21% (11th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-45012 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 11, 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:

nouveau/firmware: use dma non-coherent allocator

Currently, enabling SG_DEBUG in the kernel will cause nouveau to hit a

BUG() on startup, when the iommu is enabled:

kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:187!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

CPU: 7 PID: 930 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3Lyude-Test+ #30

Hardware name: MSI MS-7A39/A320M GAMING PRO (MS-7A39), BIOS 1.I0 01/22/2019

RIP: 0010:sg_init_one+0x85/0xa0

Code: 69 88 32 01 83 e1 03 f6 c3 03 75 20 a8 01 75 1e 48 09 cb 41 89 54

24 08 49 89 1c 24 41 89 6c 24 0c 5b 5d 41 5c e9 7b b9 88 00 <0f> 0b 0f 0b

0f 0b 48 8b 05 5e 46 9a 01 eb b2 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00

RSP: 0018:ffffa776017bf6a0 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa77600d87000 RCX: 000000000000002b

RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffa77680d87000

RBP: 000000000000e000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000

R10: ffff98f4c46aa508 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: f

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	>= 6.2, < 6.6.48	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/57ca481fca97ca4553e8c85d6a94baf4cb40c40e Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b340aeb26d50e9a9ec99599e2a39b035fac978e Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc29c5546c6a373648363ac49781f1d74b530707

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-45012?

CVE-2024-45012 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 11, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-45012?

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-2024-45012?

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