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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: hyperv-daemons (CVE-2024-35849)

high Nessus Plugin ID 295260

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Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of hyperv-daemons installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-35849 advisory.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix information leak in btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino() Syzbot reported the following information leak for in btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino(): BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x110 lib/usercopy.c:40 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]
 _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x110 lib/usercopy.c:40 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:191 [inline] btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino+0x440/0x750 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3499 btrfs_ioctl+0x714/0x1260 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:904 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0x261/0x450 fs/ioctl.c:890
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x96/0xe0 fs/ioctl.c:890 x64_sys_call+0x1883/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: __kmalloc_large_node+0x231/0x370 mm/slub.c:3921 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:3954 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node+0xb07/0x1060 mm/slub.c:3973 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:648 [inline] kvmalloc_node+0xc0/0x2d0 mm/util.c:634 kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:766 [inline] init_data_container+0x49/0x1e0 fs/btrfs/backref.c:2779 btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino+0x17c/0x750 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3480 btrfs_ioctl+0x714/0x1260 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:904 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0x261/0x450 fs/ioctl.c:890 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x96/0xe0 fs/ioctl.c:890 x64_sys_call+0x1883/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Bytes 40-65535 of 65536 are uninitialized Memory access of size 65536 starts at ffff888045a40000 This happens, because we're copying a 'struct btrfs_data_container' back to user-space. This btrfs_data_container is allocated in 'init_data_container()' via kvmalloc(), which does not zero-fill the memory. Fix this by using kvzalloc() which zeroes out the memory on allocation.
 (CVE-2024-35849)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35849

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 295260

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-35849.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 1/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35849

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hypervvssd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hyperv-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hyperv-daemons-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hyperv-daemons-license, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hypervfcopyd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hypervkvpd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:hyperv-daemons

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AzureLinux/release, Host/AzureLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35849