CVE-2024-36908

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.4-6.8.10 - DoS via blk-iocost iocg_pay_debt Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: do not WARN if iocg was already offlined In iocg_pay_debt(), warn is triggered if 'active_list' is empty, which is intended to confirm iocg is active when it has debt. However, warn can be triggered during a blkcg or disk removal, if iocg_waitq_timer_fn() is run at that time: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2344971 at block/blk-iocost.c:1402 iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190 Call trace: iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190 iocg_kick_waitq+0x438/0x4c0 iocg_waitq_timer_fn+0xd8/0x130 __run_hrtimer+0x144/0x45c __hrtimer_run_queues+0x16c/0x244 hrtimer_interrupt+0x2cc/0x7b0 The warn in this situation is meaningless. Since this iocg is being removed, the state of the 'active_list' is irrelevant, and 'waitq_timer' is canceled after removing 'active_list' in ioc_pd_free(), which ensures iocg is freed after iocg_waitq_timer_fn() returns. Therefore, add the check if iocg was already offlined to avoid warn when removing a blkcg or disk.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.135linux
linux/Kernel 5.4.0 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.31linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.4
Linux/Linux 5.10.237 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.181 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4
Linux/Linux 6.1.135 - 6.1.*
... and 11 more
Published May 30, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026