CVE-2024-35793
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.7.12 - Improper Locking
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: debugfs: fix wait/cancellation handling during remove Ben Greear further reports deadlocks during concurrent debugfs remove while files are being accessed, even though the code in question now uses debugfs cancellations. Turns out that despite all the review on the locking, we missed completely that the logic is wrong: if the refcount hits zero we can finish (and need not wait for the completion), but if it doesn't we have to trigger all the cancellations. As written, we can _never_ get into the loop triggering the cancellations. Fix this, and explain it better while at it.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
6.7%
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
< 6.7.12
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel
< 6.7.12linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.8.3linux
Timeline
Published
May 17, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026