CVE-2024-53183

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-2024-53183 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: net: Do not use drvdata in release

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

to get the uml_net instance. Otherwise, removing a network device will

result in a crash:

RIP: 0033:net_device_release+0x10/0x6f

RSP: 00000000e20c7c40 EFLAGS: 00010206

RAX: 000000006002e4e7 RBX: 00000000600f1baf RCX: 00000000624074e0

RDX: 0000000062778000 RSI: 0000000060551c80 RDI: 00000000627af028

RBP: 00000000e20c7c50 R08: 00000000603ad594 R09: 00000000e20c7b70

R10: 000000000000135a R11: 00000000603ad422 R12: 0000000000000000

R13: 0000000062c7af00 R14: 0000000062406d60 R15: 00000000627700b6

Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 29 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g59b723cd2adb #1

Workqueue: events mc_work_proc

Stack:

627af028 62c7af00 e20c7c80 60276fcd

62778000 603f5820 627af028 00000000

e20c7cb0 603a2bcd 627af000 62770010

Call Trace:

[<60276fcd>] device_release+0x

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-2024-53183?

CVE-2024-53183 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-2024-53183?

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-2024-53183?

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