UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53687 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53687

MEDIUM5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Fix IPIs usage in kfence_protect_page() flush_tlb_kernel_range() may use IPIs to flush the TLBs of all the cores, which trigg

Published Jan 11, 2025

Modified 3 days ago

Fix available

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Fix IPIs usage in kfence_protect_page() flush_tlb_kernel_range() may use IPIs to flush the TLBs of all the cores, which triggers the following warning when the irqs are disabled: [ 3.455330] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at kernel/smp.c:815 smp_call_function_many_cond+0x452/0x520 [ 3.456647] Modules linked in: [ 3.457218] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-00010-g91d3de7240b8 #1 [ 3.457416] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS [ 3.457633] epc : smp_call_function_many_cond+0x452/0x520 [ 3.457736] ra : on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x1e/0x30 [ 3.457786] epc : ffffffff800b669a ra : ffffffff800b67c2 sp : ff2000000000bb50 [ 3.457824] gp : ffffffff815212b8 tp : ff6000008014f080 t0 : 000000000000003f [ 3.457859] t1 : ffffffff815221e0 t2 : 000000000000000f s0 : ff2000000000bc10 [ 3.457920] s1 : 0000000000000040 a0 : ffffffff815221e0 a1 : 0000000000000001 [ 3.457953] a2 : 0000000000010000 a3 : 0000000000000003 a4 : 0000000000000000 [ 3.458006] a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : ffffffffffffffff a7 : 0000000000000000 [ 3.458042] s2 : ffffffff815223be s3 : 00fffffffffff000 s4 : ff600001ffe38fc0 [ 3.458076] s5 : ff600001ff950d00 s6 : 0000000200000120 s7 : 0000000000000001 [ 3.458109] s8 : 0000000000000001 s9 : ff60000080841ef0 s10: 0000000000000001 [ 3.458141] s11: ffffffff81524812 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : ff60000080092bc0 [ 3.458172] t5 : 0000000000000000 t6 : ff200000000236d0 [ 3.458203] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: ffffffff800b669a cause: 0000000000000003 [ 3.458373] [<ffffffff800b669a>] smp_call_function_many_cond+0x452/0x520 [ 3.458593] [<ffffffff800b67c2>] on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x1e/0x30 [ 3.458625] [<ffffffff8000e4ca>] __flush_tlb_range+0x118/0x1ca [ 3.458656] [<ffffffff8000e6b2>] flush_tlb_kernel_range+0x1e/0x26 [ 3.458683] [<ffffffff801ea56a>] kfence_protect+0xc0/0xce [ 3.458717]...

Affected Packages(153 packages)

linux-hwe-edge

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.10.0-14.16~16.04.14.10.0-19.21~16.04.14.10.0-20.22~16.04.14.10.0-21.23~16.04.14.10.0-22.24~16.04.14.10.0-24.28~16.04.14.10.0-26.30~16.04.14.11.0-13.19~16.04.14.11.0-14.20~16.04.14.13.0-16.19~16.04.3+13 more

linux-aws-5.0

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.0.0-1021.24~18.04.15.0.0-1022.25~18.04.15.0.0-1023.26~18.04.15.0.0-1024.27~18.04.15.0.0-1025.285.0.0-1027.30

linux-aws-5.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1017.18~18.04.15.3.0-1019.21~18.04.15.3.0-1023.25~18.04.15.3.0-1028.30~18.04.15.3.0-1030.32~18.04.15.3.0-1032.34~18.04.25.3.0-1033.355.3.0-1034.365.3.0-1035.37

linux-azure

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.15.0-1002.24.15.0-1003.34.15.0-1004.44.15.0-1008.84.15.0-1009.94.15.0-1012.124.15.0-1013.134.15.0-1014.144.15.0-1018.184.15.0-1019.19+34 more

linux-azure-5.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-1007.8~18.04.15.3.0-1008.9~18.04.15.3.0-1009.10~18.04.15.3.0-1010.11~18.04.15.3.0-1012.13~18.04.15.3.0-1013.14~18.04.15.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1018.19~18.04.15.3.0-1019.20~18.04.15.3.0-1020.21~18.04.1+6 more

linux-azure-edge

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.18.0-1006.6~18.04.14.18.0-1007.7~18.04.14.18.0-1008.8~18.04.15.0.0-1012.12~18.04.2

linux-gcp

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.15.0-1001.14.15.0-1003.34.15.0-1005.54.15.0-1006.64.15.0-1008.84.15.0-1009.94.15.0-1010.104.15.0-1014.144.15.0-1015.154.15.0-1017.18+28 more

linux-gcp-5.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.15.3.0-1009.10~18.04.15.3.0-1010.11~18.04.15.3.0-1012.13~18.04.15.3.0-1014.15~18.04.15.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1017.18~18.04.15.3.0-1018.19~18.04.15.3.0-1020.22~18.04.15.3.0-1026.28~18.04.1+3 more

linux-gke-4.15

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.15.0-1030.324.15.0-1032.344.15.0-1033.354.15.0-1034.364.15.0-1036.384.15.0-1037.394.15.0-1040.424.15.0-1041.434.15.0-1042.444.15.0-1044.46+23 more

linux-gke-5.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.15.4.0-1027.28~18.04.15.4.0-1029.31~18.04.15.4.0-1030.32~18.04.15.4.0-1032.34~18.04.15.4.0-1033.35~18.04.15.4.0-1035.37~18.04.15.4.0-1036.38~18.04.15.4.0-1037.39~18.04.15.4.0-1039.41~18.04.1+27 more

References

https://git.kernel.org/linus/b3431a8bb336cece8adc452437befa7d4534b2fd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3abfc4130c4222099c69d023fed97f1180a8ad7b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f796a6a396d6f963f2cc8f5edd7dfba2cca097f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3431a8bb336cece8adc452437befa7d4534b2fd

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53687

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7379-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7379-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7380-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7381-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7382-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7513-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7513-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7513-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7513-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7513-5

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7514-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7515-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7515-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7522-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7523-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7524-1

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53687

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Upstream

Related

USN-7379-1 USN-7379-2 USN-7380-1 USN-7381-1 USN-7382-1 USN-7513-1 USN-7513-2 USN-7513-3 USN-7513-4 USN-7513-5 USN-7514-1 USN-7515-1 USN-7515-2 USN-7522-1 USN-7523-1 USN-7524-1

Ecosystems(12)

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Timeline

PublishedJan 11, 2025

ModifiedMar 30, 2026