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CVE-2024-38594

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-06-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.11 / 5.14 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: move the EST lock to struct stmmac_priv Reinitialize the whole EST structure would also reset the mutex lock which is embedded in the EST structure, and then trigger the following warning. To address this, move the lock to struct stmmac_priv. We also need to reacquire the mutex lock when doing this initialization. DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 505 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 PID: 505 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-00053-g0106679839f7-dirty #29 Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068 lr : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068 sp : ffffffc0864e3570 x29: ffffffc0864e3570 x28: ffffffc0817bdc78 x27: 0000000000000003 x26: ffffff80c54f1808 x25: ffffff80c9164080 x24: ffffffc080d723ac x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000002 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffffc083bc3000 x18: ffffffffffffffff x17: ffffffc08117b080 x16: 0000000000000002 x15: ffffff80d2d40000 x14: 00000000000002da x13: ffffff80d2d404b8 x12: ffffffc082b5a5c8 x11: ffffffc082bca680 x10: ffffffc082bb2640 x9 : ffffffc082bb2698 x8 : 0000000000017fe8 x7 : c0000000ffffefff x6 : 0000000000000001 x5 : ffffff8178fe0d48 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000027 x2 : ffffff8178fe0d50 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068 mutex_lock_nested+0x28/0x34 tc_setup_taprio+0x118/0x68c stmmac_setup_tc+0x50/0xf0 taprio_change+0x868/0xc9c

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.10.62, < 5.11>= 5.13.14, < 5.14>= 5.14.1, < 6.6.55>= 6.7, < 6.8.12>= 6.9, < 6.9.3= 5.14

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.11 / 5.14 / 6.6.55 or later
Fixed in 5.115.146.6.55
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.8.12 (or 6.6.55 for 6.6.x branch, or 5.14+ for 5.14.x branch)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which kernel branch you are using (e.g., 5.10.x, 5.14.x, 6.6.x, 6.7.x, 6.8.x)
  3. For 6.6.x kernels: upgrade to kernel version 6.6.55 or later
  4. For 6.7.x/6.8.x kernels: upgrade to kernel version 6.8.12 or later
  5. For 5.14.x kernels: upgrade to kernel version 5.14 or later that includes the fix
  6. For 5.10.x kernels: upgrade to a version >= 5.11 that includes the fix
  7. After upgrade, reboot the system to apply the new kernel
  8. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version matches or exceeds the fixed release
Caveat Upgrading to a newer kernel may introduce compatibility issues with custom drivers or modules; ensure all in-kernel drivers are rebuilt for the new version

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