Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2024-56678

None

CVSS

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EPSS

0.2%

Published

Dec 28, 2024

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Schedule a fix SSVC: Track

A kernel bug caused false memory-error warnings when administrators or tools read a special diagnostic file, wasting time and creating noise.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Local User
Complexity
Low
Impact
Other
Component
OS kernel
Class
Memory Corruption
Remediation
Upgrade
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

copy_from_kernel_nofault() invoked during /proc/kcore reads can trigger spurious KFENCE reports for unmapped objects because the function's own fixup tables were not consulted before delegating to KFENCE fault handling.

Why it matters to the business

Kernel debugging produces false-positive memory corruption alerts during routine diagnostic reads, increasing analyst workload and potentially masking genuine issues in high-traffic environments.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker or diagnostic tool performs a large read of /proc/kcore (for example via dd), causing the kernel to call copy_from_kernel_nofault() over KFENCE-guarded regions; because exception tables were not checked first, KFENCE incorrectly reports invalid-read or use-after-free bugs.

How to fix it

Upgrade the Linux kernel to commit e0a470b5733c1fe068d5c58b0bb91ad539604bc6 or later; rebuild and reboot with the patched kernel. No configuration changes are required.

How to confirm the fix worked

After patching, repeat 'dd if=/proc/kcore of=/dev/null bs=1M' and confirm that no KFENCE invalid-read or use-after-free reports are generated for copy_from_kernel_nofault().

Typical attack path

  1. Obtain read access to /proc/kcore
  2. Issue a read that spans unmapped KFENCE objects
  3. Trigger copy_from_kernel_nofault() path
  4. Observe false KFENCE BUG reports in kernel log

How to detect it

Search kernel logs for BUG: KFENCE lines containing copy_from_kernel_nofault and read_kcore_iter; correlate with processes performing large reads of /proc/kcore.

  • BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in copy_from_kernel_nofault
  • BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in copy_from_kernel_nofault
  • read_kcore_iter+0x57c/0xa04

What your security team should do

  • Apply the kernel update containing e0a470b5733c1fe068d5c58b0bb91ad539604bc6 within the next maintenance window
  • Monitor kernel logs for KFENCE reports referencing copy_from_kernel_nofault until patches are deployed
  • Include /proc/kcore reads in regression test suites for kernel memory debuggers

The record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/mm/fault: Fix kfence page fault reporting copy_from_kernel_nofault() can be called when doing read of /proc/kcore. /proc/kcore can have some unmapped kfence objects which when read via copy_from_kernel_nofault() can cause page faults. Since *_nofault() functions define their own fixup table for handling fault, use that instead of asking kfence to handle such faults. Hence we search the exception tables for the nip which generated the fault. If there is an entry then we let the fixup table handler handle the page fault by returning an error from within ___do_page_fault(). This can be easily triggered if someone tries to do dd from /proc/kcore. eg. dd if=/proc/kcore of=/dev/null bs=1M Some example false negatives: =============================== BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0 Invalid read at 0xc0000000fdff0000: copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0 0xc00000000665f950 read_kcore_iter+0x57c/0xa04 proc_reg_read_iter+0xe4/0x16c vfs_read+0x320/0x3ec ksys_read+0x90/0x154 system_call_exception+0x120/0x310 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0 Use-after-free read at 0xc0000000fe050000 (in kfence-#2): copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0 0xc00000000665f950 read_kcore_iter+0x57c/0xa04 proc_reg_read_iter+0xe4/0x16c vfs_read+0x320/0x3ec ksys_read+0x90/0x154 system_call_exception+0x120/0x310 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:11 linux-6.1 0 6.1.128-1~deb11u1
Debian:11 linux-6.1 0 6.1.6.1.128-1~deb11u1
Debian:12 linux 0 6.1.123-1
Debian:13 linux 0 6.12.3-1
Linux Kernel 5.13.0 5.15.174
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1.150500.6.43.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1.150500.6.43.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_23 0 1-150500.11.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_8 0 1-150600.1.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_8 0 1-150600.13.3.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1.150500.6.43.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.85.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.85.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-zfcpdump 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 kernel-coco 0 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 kernel-coco_debug 0 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 kernel-source-coco 0 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 kernel-syms-coco 0 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-docs 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-obs-build 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-syms 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1.150500.6.43.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1.150500.6.43.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt_debug 0 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-syms-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux 0 3.11.0-12.19
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial 0 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux 0 4.4.0-2.16
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1001.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe 0 4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.11.0-1009.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 4.10.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.4.0-1004.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux 0 4.13.0-16.19
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.15.0-1001.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4 0 5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15 0 4.15.0-1082.92
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 0 5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 0 4.15.0-1071.81
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 0 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 0 5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4 0 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 0 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 0 5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 5.4.0-9.12
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.4.0-1006.6
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 5.15.0-1086.95~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 5.4.0-1007.10
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.4.0-1003.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 5.15.0-1074.77~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 5.4.0-1001.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.4.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-135.146~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.4.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 5.15.0-1075.79~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.4.0-1020.24
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 5.15.0-135.146
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.15.0-1080.87
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8 0 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.15.0-1084.93
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8 0 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.15.0-1079.88
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8 0 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 5.15.0-1077.83
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.15.0-1062.70
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5 0 No fix

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