CVE-2024-53181

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Dec 27, 2024 linux EPSS 0.25% (16th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-53181 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 27, 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:

um: vector: Do not use drvdata in release

The drvdata is not available in release. Let's just use container_of()

to get the vector_device instance. Otherwise, removing a vector device

will result in a crash:

RIP: 0033:vector_device_release+0xf/0x50

RSP: 00000000e187bc40 EFLAGS: 00010202

RAX: 0000000060028f61 RBX: 00000000600f1baf RCX: 00000000620074e0

RDX: 000000006220b9c0 RSI: 0000000060551c80 RDI: 0000000000000000

RBP: 00000000e187bc50 R08: 00000000603ad594 R09: 00000000e187bb70

R10: 000000000000135a R11: 00000000603ad422 R12: 00000000623ae028

R13: 000000006287a200 R14: 0000000062006d30 R15: 00000000623700b6

Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g59b723cd2adb #1

Workqueue: events mc_work_proc

Stack:

60028f61 623ae028 e187bc80 60276fcd

6220b9c0 603f5820 623ae028 00000000

e187bcb0 603a2bcd 623ae000 62370010

Call Trace:

[<60028f61>] ? vecto

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	>= 0, < 4.19.325	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-53181?

CVE-2024-53181 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 27, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-53181?

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-2024-53181?

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