Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-42102): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-42102): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

07/30/2024

Created

09/14/2024

Added

09/13/2024

Modified

01/30/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again" Patch series "mm: Avoid possible overflows in dirty throttling". Dirty throttling logic assumes dirty limits in page units fit into 32-bits.This patch series makes sure this is true (see patch 2/2 for more details). This patch (of 2): This reverts commit 9319b647902cbd5cc884ac08a8a6d54ce111fc78. The commit is broken in several ways.Firstly, the removed (u64) cast from the multiplication will introduce a multiplication overflow on 32-bit archs if wb_thresh * bg_thresh >= 1<<32 (which is actually common - the default settings with 4GB of RAM will trigger this).Secondly, the div64_u64() is unnecessarily expensive on 32-bit archs.We have div64_ul() in case we want to be safe & cheap.Thirdly, if dirty thresholds are larger than 1<<32 pages, then dirty balancing is going to blow up in many other spectacular ways anyway so trying to fix one possible overflow is just moot.

Solution(s)

• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1035-xilinx-zynqmp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1052-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1062-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1062-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1064-intel-iotg
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1064-nvidia
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1064-nvidia-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-gke
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-kvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1067-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1068-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1069-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1072-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1072-azure-fde
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-121-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-121-generic-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-121-generic-lpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-121-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-121-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1043-iot
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1051-xilinx-zynqmp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1079-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1092-bluefield
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1099-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1116-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1120-kvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1131-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1132-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1136-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1137-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-195-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-195-generic-lpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-195-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1002-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-gke
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1014-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1014-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1015-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1015-oracle-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1016-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1016-azure-fde
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1016-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1016-oem
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-azure-fde
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-nvidia
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-nvidia-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1018-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-48-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-48-generic-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-48-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-48-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-cvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-bluefield
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-15
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-15
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-4
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-6-8
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-classic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel-iotg
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-6-8
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-6-8
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04b
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04c
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04d
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04a
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04b
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04c
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04d
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04a
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-24-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-42102
• CVE - 2024-42102
• USN-7003-1
• USN-7003-2
• USN-7003-3
• USN-7003-4
• USN-7003-5
• USN-7006-1
• USN-7007-1
• USN-7007-2
• USN-7007-3
• USN-7009-1
• USN-7009-2
• USN-7019-1
• USN-7089-1
• USN-7089-2
• USN-7089-3
• USN-7089-4
• USN-7089-5
• USN-7089-6
• USN-7089-7
• USN-7090-1
• USN-7095-1
• USN-7156-1

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