CVE-2024-54460

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Jan 11, 2025 linux CWE-667 EPSS 0.14% (3th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-54460 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 11, 2025 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:

Bluetooth: iso: Fix circular lock in iso_listen_bis

This fixes the circular locking dependency warning below, by

releasing the socket lock before enterning iso_listen_bis, to

avoid any potential deadlock with hdev lock.

[ 75.307983] ======================================================

[ 75.307984] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected

[ 75.307985] 6.12.0-rc6+ #22 Not tainted

[ 75.307987] ------------------------------------------------------

[ 75.307987] kworker/u81:2/2623 is trying to acquire lock:

[ 75.307988] ffff8fde1769da58 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_ISO)

at: iso_connect_cfm+0x253/0x840 [bluetooth]

[ 75.308021]

but task is already holding lock:

[ 75.308022] ffff8fdd61a10078 (&hdev->lock)

at: hci_le_per_adv_report_evt+0x47/0x2f0 [bluetooth]

[ 75.308053]

which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 75.308054]

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	>= 6.8.12, < 6.12.6	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/168e28305b871d8ec604a8f51f35467b8d7ba05b Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/c541d7b5e17987ed330798b07d4ad508859c1c93

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-54460?

CVE-2024-54460 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 11, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-54460?

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-2024-54460?

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