CVE-2024-26691

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6.18 - Improper Locking

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix circular locking dependency The rule inside kvm enforces that the vcpu->mutex is taken *inside* kvm->lock. The rule is violated by the pkvm_create_hyp_vm() which acquires the kvm->lock while already holding the vcpu->mutex lock from kvm_vcpu_ioctl(). Avoid the circular locking dependency altogether by protecting the hyp vm handle with the config_lock, much like we already do for other forms of VM-scoped data.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.5%
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 (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.18
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 6.6.18linux
linux/Kernel < 6.7.6linux

Timeline

Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026