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CVE-2024-53064

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Nov 19, 2024 linux CWE-476 EPSS 0.20% (10th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-53064 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on November 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:

idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path

In an event where the platform running the device control plane

is rebooted, reset is detected on the driver. It releases

all the resources and waits for the reset to complete. Once the

reset is done, it tries to build the resources back. At this

time if the device control plane is not yet started, then

the driver timeouts on the virtchnl message and retries to

establish the mailbox again.

In the retry flow, mailbox is deinitialized but the mailbox

workqueue is still alive and polling for the mailbox message.

This results in accessing the released control queue leading to

null-ptr-deref. Fix it by unrolling the work queue cancellation

and mailbox deinitialization in the reverse order which they got

initialized.

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, < 6.11.8 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-53064?

CVE-2024-53064 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on November 19, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-53064?

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-2024-53064?

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.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-53064?

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