CVE-2024-56743
Linux Kernel 6.12 – 6.12.2
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-56743 is a medium-severity Improper Locking (CWE-667) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53386
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs_common: must not hold RCU while calling nfsd_file_put_local Move holding the RCU from nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local to nfs_to_nfsd_net_put. It is the call to nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put that requires the RCU anyway (the puts for…
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nfsd_file and netns were combined to avoid an extra indirect reference but that micro-optimization isn't possible now). This fixes xfstests generic/013 and it triggering: "Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!" [ 143.545738] Call Trace: [ 143.546206] <TASK> [ 143.546625] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 [ 143.547267] ? __warn+0x91/0x140 [ 143.547951] ? rcu_note_context_switch+0x496/0x5d0 [ 143.548856] ? report_bug+0x193/0x1a0 [ 143.549557] ? handle_bug+0x63/0xa0 [ 143.550214] ? exc_invalid_op+0x1d/0x80 [ 143.550938] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30 [ 143.551736] ? rcu_note_context_switch+0x496/0x5d0 [ 143.552634] ? wakeup_preempt+0x62/0x70 [ 143.553358] __schedule+0xaa/0x1380 [ 143.554025] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x12/0x40 [ 143.554958] ? try_to_wake_up+0x1fe/0x6b0 [ 143.555715] ? wake_up_process+0x19/0x20 [ 143.556452] schedule+0x2e/0x120 [ 143.557066] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x19/0x30 [ 143.557933] rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x24d/0x4a0 [ 143.558818] ? xfs_efi_item_format+0x50/0xc0 [xfs] [ 143.559894] down_read+0x4e/0xb0 [ 143.560519] xlog_cil_commit+0x1b2/0xbc0 [xfs] [ 143.561460] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x12/0x30 [ 143.562212] ? xfs_inode_item_precommit+0xc7/0x220 [xfs] [ 143.563309] ? xfs_trans_run_precommits+0x69/0xd0 [xfs] [ 143.564394] __xfs_trans_commit+0xb5/0x330 [xfs] [ 143.565367] xfs_trans_roll+0x48/0xc0 [xfs] [ 143.566262] xfs_defer_trans_roll+0x57/0x100 [xfs] [ 143.567278] xfs_defer_finish_noroll+0x27a/0x490 [xfs] [ 143.568342] xfs_defer_finish+0x1a/0x80 [xfs] [ 143.569267] xfs_bunmapi_range+0x4d/0xb0 [xfs] [ 143.570208] xfs_itruncate_extents_flags+0x13d/0x230 [xfs] [ 143.571353] xfs_free_eofblocks+0x12e/0x190 [xfs] [ 143.572359] xfs_file_release+0x12d/0x140 [xfs] [ 143.573324] __fput+0xe8/0x2d0 [ 143.573922] __fput_sync+0x1d/0x30 [ 143.574574] nfsd_filp_close+0x33/0x60 [nfsd] [ 143.575430] nfsd_file_free+0x96/0x150 [nfsd] [ 143.576274] nfsd_file_put+0xf7/0x1a0 [nfsd] [ 143.577104] nfsd_file_put_local+0x18/0x30 [nfsd] [ 143.578070] nfs_close_local_fh+0x101/0x110 [nfs_localio] [ 143.579079] __put_nfs_open_context+0xc9/0x180 [nfs] [ 143.580031] nfs_file_clear_open_context+0x4a/0x60 [nfs] [ 143.581038] nfs_file_release+0x3e/0x60 [nfs] [ 143.581879] __fput+0xe8/0x2d0 [ 143.582464] __fput_sync+0x1d/0x30 [ 143.583108] __x64_sys_close+0x41/0x80 [ 143.583823] x64_sys_call+0x189a/0x20d0 [ 143.584552] do_syscall_64+0x64/0x170 [ 143.585240] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 143.586185] RIP: 0033:0x7f3c5153efd7
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Mitigating Controls
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.
Security testing can detect race conditions and locking errors before release.
Secure coding standards directly prohibit missing or incorrect lock usage.
Change management may catch locking issues introduced by modifications but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-667, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.