CVE-2024-56589

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Dec 27, 2024 linux EPSS 0.24% (14th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-56589 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:

scsi: hisi_sas: Add cond_resched() for no forced preemption model

For no forced preemption model kernel, in the scenario where the

expander is connected to 12 high performance SAS SSDs, the following

call trace may occur:

[ 214.409199][ C240] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#240 stuck for 22s! [irq/149-hisi_sa:3211]

[ 214.568533][ C240] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)

[ 214.575224][ C240] pc : fput_many+0x8c/0xdc

[ 214.579480][ C240] lr : fput+0x1c/0xf0

[ 214.583302][ C240] sp : ffff80002de2b900

[ 214.587298][ C240] x29: ffff80002de2b900 x28: ffff1082aa412000

[ 214.593291][ C240] x27: ffff3062a0348c08 x26: ffff80003a9f6000

[ 214.599284][ C240] x25: ffff1062bbac5c40 x24: 0000000000001000

[ 214.605277][ C240] x23: 000000000000000a x22: 0000000000000001

[ 214.611270][ C240] x21: 0000000000001000 x20: 0000000000000000

[ 214.617262][ C240] x19: ffff3062a41ae580 x18: 000000000001

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	>= 4.5, < 5.10.231	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/2174bbc235f79fce88ea71fd08cf836568fcad5f Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/2233c4a0b948211743659b24c13d6bd059fa75fc Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/2991a023896b79e6753813ed88fbc98979713c73 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd2c5cb2c698a02a4ed2ea0acb7c9909374a8bf Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ddf4b0e1a4cb5e9ca0aac3d0a73202b903c87f Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/601f8001373fc3fbad498f9be427254908b7fcce Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-56589?

CVE-2024-56589 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-2024-56589?

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-2024-56589?

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