Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-53220

high Nessus Plugin ID 231836

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: f2fs: fix to account dirty data in
__get_secs_required() It will trigger system panic w/ testcase in [1]: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2752! RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0xc81/0x2110 Call Trace:
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x1c91/0x4540 do_write_page+0x163/0xdf0 f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x1aa/0x340 f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x797/0x2280 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x16cd/0x2190 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x994/0x1c80 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x9cc/0xea0 do_writepages+0x194/0x7a0 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x12b/0x1a0 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xbb/0xf0 file_write_and_wait_range+0xa1/0x110 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x26f/0x1c50 f2fs_sync_file+0x12b/0x1d0 vfs_fsync_range+0xfa/0x230 do_fsync+0x3d/0x80 __x64_sys_fsync+0x37/0x50 x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x20d0 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The root cause is if checkpoint_disabling and lfs_mode are both on, it will trigger OPU for all overwritten data, it may cost more free segment than expected, so f2fs must account those data correctly to calculate cosumed free segments later, and return ENOSPC earlier to avoid run out of free segment during block allocation. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/[email protected]/ (CVE-2024-53220)

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: 231836

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_53220.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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53220

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