CVE-2024-56718
9.8 · CRITICALOverview
CVE-2024-56718 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 29, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: protect link down work from execute after lgr freed
link down work may be scheduled before lgr freed but execute
after lgr freed, which may result in crash. So it is need to
hold a reference before shedule link down work, and put the
reference after work executed or canceled.
The relevant crash call stack as follows:
list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffffb638c9c0fe20,
but was 0000000000000000
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:51!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 6 PID: 978112 Comm: kworker/6:119 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G #1
Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 2221b89 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events smc_link_down_work [smc]
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid.cold+0x31/0x47
RSP: 0018:ffffb638c9c0fdd8 EFLAGS: 00010086
RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff942fb75e5128 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff943520930aa0 RSI: ffff94352091fc80 RDI: ffff
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 | >= 5.8, < 6.1.122 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2024-56718?
CVE-2024-56718 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 29, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
How severe is CVE-2024-56718?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-56718?
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.
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