Google: sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1: security update to 18244.151.50

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450726

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: initialize integrity buffer to
zero before writing it to media Metadata added by bio_integrity_prep is using plain kmalloc, which leads
to random kernel memory being written media. For PI metadata this is limited to the app tag that isn't
used by kernel generated metadata, but for non-PI metadata the entire buffer leaks kernel memory. Fix this
by adding the __GFP_ZERO flag to allocations for writes. (CVE-2024-43854)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1 library and its related packages to version 18244.151.50 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450726

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43854

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43854

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