CVE-2024-26686
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.1.82 - Improper Locking
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Affected Products (9)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.1.82
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel
< 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.82linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.64linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.7.6linux
Timeline
Published
Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026