Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-50047)

high Nessus Plugin ID 295896

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of kernel 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-2024-50047 advisory.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix UAF in async decryption Doing an async decryption (large read) crashes with a slab-use-after-free way down in the crypto API. Reproducer: # mount.cifs -o ...,seal,esize=1 //srv/share /mnt # dd if=/mnt/largefile of=/dev/null ... [ 194.196391] ================================================================== [ 194.196844] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gf128mul_4k_lle+0xc1/0x110 [ 194.197269] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112bd0448 by task kworker/u77:2/899 [ 194.197707] [ 194.197818] CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 899 Comm:
kworker/u77:2 Not tainted 6.11.0-lku-00028-gfca3ca14a17a-dirty #43 [ 194.198400] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 194.199046] Workqueue: smb3decryptd smb2_decrypt_offload [cifs] [ 194.200032] Call Trace: [ 194.200191] <TASK> [ 194.200327] dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70 [ 194.200558] ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xc1/0x110 [ 194.200809] print_report+0x174/0x505 [ 194.201040] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 [ 194.201352] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.201604] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xdf/0x1c0 [ 194.201868] ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xc1/0x110 [ 194.202128] kasan_report+0xc8/0x150 [ 194.202361] ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xc1/0x110 [ 194.202616] gf128mul_4k_lle+0xc1/0x110 [ 194.202863] ghash_update+0x184/0x210 [ 194.203103] shash_ahash_update+0x184/0x2a0 [ 194.203377] ? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10 [ 194.203651] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.203877] ? crypto_gcm_init_common+0x1ba/0x340 [ 194.204142] gcm_hash_assoc_remain_continue+0x10a/0x140 [ 194.204434] crypt_message+0xec1/0x10a0 [cifs] [ 194.206489] ?
__pfx_crypt_message+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 194.208507] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.209205] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.209925] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.210443] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.211037] decrypt_raw_data+0x15f/0x250 [cifs] [ 194.212906] ?
__pfx_decrypt_raw_data+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 194.214670] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 194.215193] smb2_decrypt_offload+0x12a/0x6c0 [cifs] This is because TFM is being used in parallel. Fix this by allocating a new AEAD TFM for async decryption, but keep the existing one for synchronous READ cases (similar to what is done in smb3_calc_signature()). Also remove the calls to aead_request_set_callback() and crypto_wait_req() since it's always going to be a synchronous operation. (CVE-2024-50047)

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-2024-50047

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 295896

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-50047.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 1/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50047

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:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-docs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-drivers-gpu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-drivers-sound, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel-drivers-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50047