CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-56569

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was resolved in ftrace regarding a regression with the module command in stack_trace_filter. Executing the command echo "write*:mod:ext3" > /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace_filter causes a null pointer dereference, and while a previous partial fix (commit 0f17976568b3f) addressed part of the issue, an unhandled corner case still results in a kernel crash.

Risk Assessment

A local user with access to the ftrace interface can trigger a kernel crash (null pointer dereference), causing a denial of service for the entire system.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the complete fix for the ftrace regression with the module command in stack_trace_filter.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Fix regression with module command in stack_trace_filter When executing the following command: # echo "write*:mod:ext3" > /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace_filter The current mod command causes a null pointer dereference. While commit 0f17976568b3f ("ftrace: Fix regression with module command in stack_trace_filter") has addressed part of the issue, it left a corner case unhandled, which still results in a kernel crash.

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