CVE-2024-26686

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via do_task_stat Lock Contention

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats lock_task_sighand() can trigger a hard lockup. If NR_CPUS threads call do_task_stat() at the same time and the process has NR_THREADS, it will spin with irqs disabled O(NR_CPUS * NR_THREADS) time. Change do_task_stat() to use sig->stats_lock to gather the statistics outside of ->siglock protected section, in the likely case this code will run lockless.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.82linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.64linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.6linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0c35d1914353799c54fa1843fe7dea6fcbcdbac5
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 27978243f165b44e342f28f449b91327944ea071
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3820b0fac7732a653bcc6f6ac20c1d72e697f8f6
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 4fe85bdaabd63f8f8579b24a10ed597c9c482164
... and 11 more
Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026