Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.1,6.1.191)[6.2,6.6.160)[6.7,6.12.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20698261
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Jan 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-57804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure in the sysfs interface for enabling or disabling PHYs in a controller or expander setup. An attacker can access sensitive configuration data and corrupt controller settings by rapidly toggling multiple PHYs, causing memory corruption in the configuration pages. This can result in the exposure of device SAS addresses, enclosure identifiers, and expander topology to unprivileged userspace, as well as persistent misconfiguration of the controller, potentially leading to storage failures and unrecoverable controller states.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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