PT-2024-29763 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Li Zhang · Published 2024-05-16 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2024-42134

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel related to the virtio-pci module. The issue involves the vp dev->is avq function being empty in certain installations, specifically when virtio pci legacy does not assign a value to it. This emptiness can cause the guest system to crash when the virsh Attach device command is used. The vulnerability is related to the vp del vqs function in the virtio pci common.c file, where vp dev->is avq is used to determine whether it is an admin virtqueue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2025-12647

AZL-54111

AZL-54122

BDU:2025-02982

CVE-2024-42134

SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02853-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02997-1

SUSE-SU-2025_03011-1

USN-6949-1

USN-6949-2

USN-6952-1

USN-6952-2

USN-6955-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 849

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42134.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36943 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-54111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38598 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42134 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6955-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42134 · Vendor Advisory