Linux Kernel up to 6.1.112/6.6.53/6.10.12/6.11.1 ali_drw_pmu cleanup

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.112/6.6.53/6.10.12/6.11.1. The impacted element is the function ali_drw_pmu. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-47731. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.112/6.6.53/6.10.12/6.11.1 and classified as problematic. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-459. The product does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/perf: Fix ali_drw_pmu driver interrupt status clearing The alibaba_uncore_pmu driver forgot to clear all interrupt status in the interrupt processing function. After the PMU counter overflow interrupt occurred, an interrupt storm occurred, causing the system to hang. Therefore, clear the correct interrupt status in the interrupt handling function to fix it.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-47731 since 09/30/2024. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210940 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.113, 6.6.54, 6.10.13 or 6.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 24f30b34ff76/3b839d461904/062b7176e484/85702fddba70/a3dd920977dc is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (210940) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3251). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• NetApp StorageGRID
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• NetApp AFF
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• NetApp FAS
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.112
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7
• 6.10.8
• 6.10.9
• 6.10.10
• 6.10.11
• 6.10.12
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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