Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49875

Linux Kernel ≤ 5.10.227

Published
21 October 2024
Modified
04 August 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0054 43th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49875 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value (CWE-354) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Supply Chain Compromise (T1195); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: map the EBADMSG to nfserr_io to avoid warning Ext4 will throw -EBADMSG through ext4_readdir when a checksum error occurs, resulting in the following WARNING. Fix it by mapping EBADMSG…

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to nfserr_io. nfsd_buffered_readdir iterate_dir // -EBADMSG -74 ext4_readdir // .iterate_shared ext4_dx_readdir ext4_htree_fill_tree htree_dirblock_to_tree ext4_read_dirblock __ext4_read_dirblock ext4_dirblock_csum_verify warn_no_space_for_csum __warn_no_space_for_csum return ERR_PTR(-EFSBADCRC) // -EBADMSG -74 nfserrno // WARNING [ 161.115610] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 161.116465] nfsd: non-standard errno: -74 [ 161.117315] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 780 at fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c:878 nfserrno+0x9d/0xd0 [ 161.118596] Modules linked in: [ 161.119243] CPU: 1 PID: 780 Comm: nfsd Not tainted 5.10.0-00014-g79679361fd5d #138 [ 161.120684] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qe mu.org 04/01/2014 [ 161.123601] RIP: 0010:nfserrno+0x9d/0xd0 [ 161.124676] Code: 0f 87 da 30 dd 00 83 e3 01 b8 00 00 00 05 75 d7 44 89 ee 48 c7 c7 c0 57 24 98 89 44 24 04 c6 05 ce 2b 61 03 01 e8 99 20 d8 00 <0f> 0b 8b 44 24 04 eb b5 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 a0 6d a4 99 e8 cc 15 33 [ 161.127797] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000e2f9c0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 161.128794] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 161.130089] RDX: 1ffff1103ee16f6d RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: fffff520001c5f2a [ 161.131379] RBP: 0000000000000022 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8881f70c1827 [ 161.132664] R10: ffffed103ee18304 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000021 [ 161.133949] R13: 00000000ffffffb6 R14: ffff8881317c0000 R15: ffffc90000e2fbd8 [ 161.135244] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 161.136695] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 161.137761] CR2: 00007fcaad70b348 CR3: 0000000144256006 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 161.139041] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 161.140291] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 161.141519] PKRU: 55555554 [ 161.142076] Call Trace: [ 161.142575] ? __warn+0x9b/0x140 [ 161.143229] ? nfserrno+0x9d/0xd0 [ 161.143872] ? report_bug+0x125/0x150 [ 161.144595] ? handle_bug+0x41/0x90 [ 161.145284] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [ 161.146009] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x12/0x20 [ 161.146816] ? nfserrno+0x9d/0xd0 [ 161.147487] nfsd_buffered_readdir+0x28b/0x2b0 [ 161.148333] ? nfsd4_encode_dirent_fattr+0x380/0x380 [ 161.149258] ? nfsd_buffered_filldir+0xf0/0xf0 [ 161.150093] ? wait_for_concurrent_writes+0x170/0x170 [ 161.151004] ? generic_file_llseek_size+0x48/0x160 [ 161.151895] nfsd_readdir+0x132/0x190 [ 161.152606] ? nfsd4_encode_dirent_fattr+0x380/0x380 [ 161.153516] ? nfsd_unlink+0x380/0x380 [ 161.154256] ? override_creds+0x45/0x60 [ 161.155006] nfsd4_encode_readdir+0x21a/0x3d0 [ 161.155850] ? nfsd4_encode_readlink+0x210/0x210 [ 161.156731] ? write_bytes_to_xdr_buf+0x97/0xe0 [ 161.157598] ? __write_bytes_to_xdr_buf+0xd0/0xd0 [ 161.158494] ? lock_downgrade+0x90/0x90 [ 161.159232] ? nfs4svc_decode_voidarg+0x10/0x10 [ 161.160092] nfsd4_encode_operation+0x15a/0x440 [ 161.160959] nfsd4_proc_compound+0x718/0xe90 [ 161.161818] nfsd_dispatch+0x18e/0x2c0 [ 161.162586] svc_process_common+0x786/0xc50 [ 161.163403] ? nfsd_svc+0x380/0x380 [ 161.164137] ? svc_printk+0x160/0x160 [ 161.164846] ? svc_xprt_do_enqueue.part.0+0x365/0x380 [ 161.165808] ? nfsd_svc+0x380/0x380 [ 161.166523] ? rcu_is_watching+0x23/0x40 [ 161.167309] svc_process+0x1a5/0x200 [ 161.168019] nfsd+0x1f5/0x380 [ 161.168663] ? nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x260/0x260 [ 161.169554] kthread+0x1c4/0x210 [ 161.170224] ? kthread_insert_work_sanity_check+0x80/0x80 [ 161.171246] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1195 Supply Chain Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may manipulate products or product delivery mechanisms prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise.
T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools Initial Access
Adversaries may manipulate software dependencies and development tools prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise.
T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain Initial Access
Adversaries may manipulate application software prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise.
T1565 Data Manipulation Impact
Adversaries may insert, delete, or manipulate data in order to influence external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.
T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation Impact
Adversaries may alter data en route to storage or other systems in order to manipulate external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.
T1601 Modify System Image Defense Impairment
Adversaries may make changes to the operating system of embedded network devices to weaken defenses and provide new capabilities for themselves.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
≤ 5.10.227 · 5.11 — 5.15.168 · 5.16 — 6.1.113

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 10 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.4.12

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Requires integrity verification tools that detect unauthorized changes when checksum validation is missing or flawed.

Mandates cryptographic mechanisms that include integrity protection, preventing improper checksum validation.

Requires protection of transmitted information integrity, directly mandating correct validation of integrity checks.

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.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Requires cryptographic hashes and signatures that directly enforce integrity-check validation for data at rest.

PR.DS-02 mostly match
prevents

Requires cryptographic hashes and signatures that directly enforce integrity-check validation for data in transit.

ID.RA-09 partial match
prevents

Mandates pre-acquisition integrity assessment, addressing only the initial portion of the weakness lifecycle.

RC.RP-03 partial match
prevents

Requires verification of backup integrity, covering validation only within recovery scenarios.

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.

prevents

Cryptographic controls mandate integrity mechanisms whose correct validation directly prevents CWE-354.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper implementation and validation of checksums or MACs.

finds

Security testing can detect missing integrity validation but does not itself implement the control.

prevents

Application security requirements include integrity checks on messages and data, mitigating improper validation.

none

Network security policies may require integrity protection on transit data, indirectly addressing the weakness.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248574 YUM must be configured to prevent the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or OL 8 system components that have not been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354
  • V-248575 OL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
  • V-271523 OL 9 must check the GPG signature of locally installed software packages before installation. prevents CWE-354
RHEL 7 (2 rules)
  • V-204447 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components from a repository without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354
  • V-204448 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354
RHEL 8 (2 rules)
  • V-230264 RHEL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components from a repository without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354
  • V-230265 RHEL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-354

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