Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-39282

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229535

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: t7xx: Fix FSM command timeout issue When driver processes the internal state change command, it use an asynchronous thread to process the command operation. If the main thread detects that the task has timed out, the asynchronous thread will panic when executing the completion notification because the main thread completion object has been released. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8 PGD 1f283a067 P4D 1f283a067 PUD 1f283c067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:complete_all+0x3e/0xa0 [...] Call Trace:
<TASK> ? __die_body+0x68/0xb0 ? page_fault_oops+0x379/0x3e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? complete_all+0x3e/0xa0 fsm_main_thread+0xa3/0x9c0 [mtk_t7xx (HASH:1400 5)] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xd8/0x110 ? __pfx_fsm_main_thread+0x10/0x10 [mtk_t7xx (HASH:1400 5)] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x38/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> [...] CR2: fffffffffffffff8 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Use the reference counter to ensure safe release as Sergey suggests:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ (CVE-2024-39282)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229535

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_39282.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-39282

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39282

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