CVE-2024-44957

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Switch from mutex to spinlock for irqfds irqfd_wakeup() gets EPOLLHUP, when it is called by eventfd_release() by way of wake_up_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLHUP), which gets called under spin_lock_irqsave(). We can't use a mutex here as it will lead to a deadlock. Fix it by switching over to a spin lock.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.5%
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

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (3)
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.6.46linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.5linux
linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.46
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026