CVE-2024-44958

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.14.86-4.15 - Denial of Service via Unbalanced sched_smt_present Decrement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc I got the following warn report while doing stress test: jump label: negative count! WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 38 at kernel/jump_label.c:263 static_key_slow_try_dec+0x9d/0xb0 Call Trace: <TASK> __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0x16/0x70 sched_cpu_deactivate+0x26e/0x2a0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x3ad/0x10d0 cpuhp_thread_fun+0x3f5/0x680 smpboot_thread_fn+0x56d/0x8d0 kthread+0x309/0x400 ret_from_fork+0x41/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> Because when cpuset_cpu_inactive() fails in sched_cpu_deactivate(), the cpu offline failed, but sched_smt_present is decremented before calling sched_cpu_deactivate(), it leads to unbalanced dec/inc, so fix it by incrementing sched_smt_present in the error path.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.8%
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 (22)
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.15.165linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.105linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.46linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.5linux
Linux/Linux < 4.20
Linux/Linux 01659361c63fdc91c0af239d08cdd211d590a656
Linux/Linux 4.14.86 - 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.7 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.20
Linux/Linux 5.15.165 - 5.15.*
... and 12 more
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026