CVE-2024-38594

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Jun 19, 2024 linux 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-2024-38594 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 19, 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:

net: stmmac: move the EST lock to struct stmmac_priv

Reinitialize the whole EST structure would also reset the mutex

lock which is embedded in the EST structure, and then trigger

the following warning. To address this, move the lock to struct

stmmac_priv. We also need to reacquire the mutex lock when doing

this initialization.

DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock)

WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 505 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068

Modules linked in:

CPU: 3 PID: 505 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-00053-g0106679839f7-dirty #29

Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT)

pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)

pc : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068

lr : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068

sp : ffffffc0864e3570

x29: ffffffc0864e3570 x28: ffffffc0817bdc78 x27: 0000000000000003

x26: ffffff80c54f1808 x25: ffffff80c9164080 x24: ffffffc080d723ac

x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000002 x21

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	>= 5.10.62, < 5.11	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ac9e7f2e5786bd37c5cd91132e1f39c29b8197 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/487f9030b1ef34bab123f2df2a4ccbe01ba84416 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f476aff2d8da1a189621c4c16a76a6c534e4312 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/b538fefeb1026aad9dcdcbb410c42b56dff8aae9 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ac9e7f2e5786bd37c5cd91132e1f39c29b8197 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/487f9030b1ef34bab123f2df2a4ccbe01ba84416 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f476aff2d8da1a189621c4c16a76a6c534e4312

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-38594?

CVE-2024-38594 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 19, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-38594?

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-2024-38594?

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