Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50293

high Nessus Plugin ID 230865

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/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create() Thanks to commit 4bbd360a5084 (socket: Print pf->create() when it does not clear sock->sk on failure.), syzbot found an issue with AF_SMC: smc_create must clear sock->sk on failure, family: 43, type: 1, protocol: 0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5827 at net/socket.c:1565
__sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5827 Comm: syz- executor259 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-next-20241106-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:__sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563 Code: 03 00 74 08 4c 89 e7 e8 4f 3b 85 f8 49 8b 34 24 48 c7 c7 40 89 0c 8d 8b 54 24 04 8b 4c 24 0c 44 8b 44 24 08 e8 32 78 db f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 d3 fd ff ff 89 e9 80 e1 07 fe c1 38 c1 0f 8c ee f7 RSP:
0018:ffffc90003e4fda0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 099c6f938c7f4700 RBX: 1ffffffff1a595fd RCX: ffff888034823c00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 00000000ffffffe9 R08:
ffffffff81567052 R09: 1ffff920007c9f50 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520007c9f51 R12: ffffffff8d2cafe8 R13: 1ffffffff1a595fe R14: ffffffff9a789c40 R15: ffff8880764298c0 FS: 000055557b518380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2:
00007fa62ff43225 CR3: 0000000031628000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> sock_create net/socket.c:1616 [inline] __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1653 [inline]
__sys_socket+0x150/0x3c0 net/socket.c:1700 __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1714 [inline] __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1712 [inline] For reference, see commit 2d859aff775d (Merge branch 'do-not-leave-dangling- sk-pointers-in-pf-create-functions') (CVE-2024-50293)

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: High

ID: 230865

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_50293.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50293

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 11/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50293