CVE-2024-47693
Linux Kernel 5.4.42 – 5.15.168
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-47693 is a medium-severity Incomplete Cleanup (CWE-459) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 41% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-14 (Non-persistence) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42613
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/core: Fix ib_cache_setup_one error flow cleanup When ib_cache_update return an error, we exit ib_cache_setup_one instantly with no proper cleanup, even though before this we had already successfully done gid_table_setup_one, that…
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results in the kernel WARN below. Do proper cleanup using gid_table_cleanup_one before returning the err in order to fix the issue. WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 922 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:806 gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0 Modules linked in: CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 922 Comm: c_repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1+ #3 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0 Code: 44 8b 38 75 0c e8 2f cb 34 ff 4d 8b b5 28 05 00 00 e8 23 cb 34 ff 44 89 f9 89 da 4c 89 f6 48 c7 c7 d0 58 14 83 e8 4f de 21 ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 75 30 e9 54 ff ff ff 48 8 3 c4 10 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc90002b835b0 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff811c8527 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff811c8534 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff8881011b3d00 R08: ffff88810b3abe00 R09: 205d303839303631 R10: 666572207972746e R11: 72746e6520444947 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: ffff888106390000 R14: ffff8881011f2110 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 00007fecc3b70800(0000) GS:ffff88813bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020000340 CR3: 000000010435a001 CR4: 00000000003706b0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_regs+0x94/0xa0 ? __warn+0x9e/0x1c0 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0 ? report_bug+0x1f9/0x340 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0 ? handle_bug+0xa2/0x110 ? exc_invalid_op+0x31/0xa0 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? __warn_printk+0xc7/0x180 ? __warn_printk+0xd4/0x180 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0 ib_device_release+0x71/0xe0 ? __pfx_ib_device_release+0x10/0x10 device_release+0x44/0xd0 kobject_put+0x135/0x3d0 put_device+0x20/0x30 rxe_net_add+0x7d/0xa0 rxe_newlink+0xd7/0x190 nldev_newlink+0x1b0/0x2a0 ? __pfx_nldev_newlink+0x10/0x10 rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x1ad/0x2e0 rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0+0x176/0x210 netlink_unicast+0x2de/0x400 netlink_sendmsg+0x306/0x660 __sock_sendmsg+0x110/0x120 ____sys_sendmsg+0x30e/0x390 ___sys_sendmsg+0x9b/0xf0 ? kstrtouint+0x6e/0xa0 ? kstrtouint_from_user+0x7c/0xb0 ? get_pid_task+0xb0/0xd0 ? proc_fail_nth_write+0x5b/0x140 ? __fget_light+0x9a/0x200 ? preempt_count_add+0x47/0xa0 __sys_sendmsg+0x61/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V6.4.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover incomplete cleanup through dynamic analysis or resource-leak testing.
Non-persistence mechanisms explicitly initiate resources in a known state and terminate them, directly enforcing cleanup.
Session termination forces explicit release of session-related temporary resources.
Preventing unintended information transfer through shared resources requires complete cleanup of those resources.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure-development practices and coding standards normally require proper resource release and cleanup.
Life-cycle management encompasses disposal of temporary resources but does not specifically target runtime cleanup bugs.
Explicitly calls for removing sensitive data after use, directly addressing one class of incomplete cleanup.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicitly requires secure deletion of temporary or residual data, directly addressing incomplete cleanup.
SDLC practices include cleanup steps, yet the weakness can still occur if those steps are omitted.
Secure-coding rules can mandate explicit cleanup of temporary resources, but do not guarantee it.
Change-management processes may require cleanup verification, but the control itself does not address the weakness.