CVE-2024-35929

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via RCU NOCB Bypass Lock Contention

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu/nocb: Fix WARN_ON_ONCE() in the rcu_nocb_bypass_lock() For the kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL=y and CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, the following scenarios will trigger WARN_ON_ONCE() in the rcu_nocb_bypass_lock() and rcu_nocb_wait_contended() functions: CPU2 CPU11 kthread rcu_nocb_cb_kthread ksys_write rcu_do_batch vfs_write rcu_torture_timer_cb proc_sys_write __kmem_cache_free proc_sys_call_handler kmemleak_free drop_caches_sysctl_handler delete_object_full drop_slab __delete_object shrink_slab put_object lazy_rcu_shrink_scan call_rcu rcu_nocb_flush_bypass __call_rcu_commn rcu_nocb_bypass_lock raw_spin_trylock(&rdp->nocb_bypass_lock) fail atomic_inc(&rdp->nocb_lock_contended); rcu_nocb_wait_contended WARN_ON_ONCE(smp_processor_id() != rdp->cpu); WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdp->nocb_lock_contended)) | |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _same rdp and rdp->cpu != 11_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __| Reproduce this bug with "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches". This commit therefore uses rcu_nocb_try_flush_bypass() instead of rcu_nocb_flush_bypass() in lazy_rcu_shrink_scan(). If the nocb_bypass queue is being flushed, then rcu_nocb_try_flush_bypass will return directly.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.5.0 - 6.6.27linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.6linux
Linux/Linux < 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.6.27 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.8.6 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
Linux/Linux 7625926086765123251f765d91fc3a70617d334d - 4d58c9fb45c70e62c19e8be3f3605889c47601bc
Linux/Linux 7625926086765123251f765d91fc3a70617d334d - 927d1f4f77e4784ab3944a9df86ab14d1cd3185a
Linux/Linux 7625926086765123251f765d91fc3a70617d334d - dda98810b552fc6bf650f4270edeebdc2f28bd3f
... and 1 more
Published May 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026