CVE-2024-26686

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.1.82 - Improper Locking

Title source: rule

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 0.0001
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