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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50126

high Nessus Plugin ID 231343

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: use RCU read-side critical section in taprio_dump() Fix possible use-after-free in 'taprio_dump()' by adding RCU read-side critical section there. Never seen on x86 but found on a KASAN-enabled arm64 system when investigating https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b65e0af58423fc8a73aa: [T15862] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0 [T15862] Read of size 4 at addr ffff0000d4bb88f8 by task repro/15862 [T15862] [T15862] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15862 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1-00293-gdefaf1a2113a-dirty #2 [T15862] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20240524-5.fc40 05/24/2024 [T15862] Call trace:
 [T15862] dump_backtrace+0x20c/0x220 [T15862] show_stack+0x2c/0x40 [T15862] dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x174 [T15862] print_report+0x170/0x4d8 [T15862] kasan_report+0xb8/0x1d4 [T15862]
 __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x2c [T15862] taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0 [T15862] tc_fill_qdisc+0x540/0x1020 [T15862] qdisc_notify.isra.0+0x330/0x3a0 [T15862] tc_modify_qdisc+0x7b8/0x1838 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20 [T15862] netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40 [T15862] netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790 [T15862] netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20 [T15862]
 __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0 [T15862] ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840 [T15862] ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0 [T15862] __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0 [T15862] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0 [T15862] invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0 [T15862] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0 [T15862] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60 [T15862] el0_svc+0x50/0x184 [T15862] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [T15862] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [T15862] [T15862] Allocated by task 15857: [T15862] kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70 [T15862] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [T15862] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x60 [T15862] __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0xe0 [T15862] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x194/0x334 [T15862] taprio_change+0x45c/0x2fe0 [T15862] tc_modify_qdisc+0x6a8/0x1838 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20 [T15862] netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4 [T15862] rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40 [T15862] netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790 [T15862] netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20 [T15862] __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0 [T15862] ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840 [T15862]
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0 [T15862] __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0 [T15862] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0 [T15862] invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0 [T15862] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0 [T15862] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60 [T15862] el0_svc+0x50/0x184 [T15862] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [T15862] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [T15862] [T15862] Freed by task 6192: [T15862] kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70 [T15862] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [T15862] kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80 [T15862] poison_slab_object+0x110/0x160 [T15862] __kasan_slab_free+0x3c/0x74 [T15862] kfree+0x134/0x3c0 [T15862] taprio_free_sched_cb+0x18c/0x220 [T15862] rcu_core+0x920/0x1b7c [T15862] rcu_core_si+0x10/0x1c [T15862] handle_softirqs+0x2e8/0xd64 [T15862] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 (CVE-2024-50126)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-50126

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50126

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 231343

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_50126.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 8/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-selftests-internal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel-matched, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.19, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-internal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-5.13, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.15, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.19, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-allwinner-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-tegra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi-realtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-internal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.13, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-partner, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-iot-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.13, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.13, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-partner, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.1

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50126