CVE-2024-53105

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Dec 2, 2024 linux CWE-401 EPSS 0.23% (14th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-53105 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 2, 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:

mm: page_alloc: move mlocked flag clearance into free_pages_prepare()

Syzbot reported a bad page state problem caused by a page being freed

using free_page() still having a mlocked flag at free_pages_prepare()

stage:

BUG: Bad page state in process syz.5.504 pfn:61f45

page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x61f45

raw: 00fff00000080204 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000

raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000

page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set

page_owner tracks the page as allocated

page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x400dc0(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_ZERO), pid 8443, tgid 8442 (syz.5.504), ts 201884660643, free_ts 201499827394

set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]

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	>= 5.18, < 6.1.120	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/2521664c1fc0fcea825ef0b4d8e2dfb622bc0f9a Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/66edc3a5894c74f8887c8af23b97593a0dd0df4d Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/7873d11911cd1d21e25c354eb130d8c3b5cb3ca5 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/81ad32b87eb91b627a4b0d8760434e5fac4b993a Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-53105?

CVE-2024-53105 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 2, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-53105?

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-2024-53105?

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