CVE-2024-50019

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.11-6.11.3 - DoS via kthread_stop on Unparked Per-CPU kthread

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kthread: unpark only parked kthread Calling into kthread unparking unconditionally is mostly harmless when the kthread is already unparked. The wake up is then simply ignored because the target is not in TASK_PARKED state. However if the kthread is per CPU, the wake up is preceded by a call to kthread_bind() which expects the task to be inactive and in TASK_PARKED state, which obviously isn't the case if it is unparked. As a result, calling kthread_stop() on an unparked per-cpu kthread triggers such a warning: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at kernel/kthread.c:525 __kthread_bind_mask kernel/kthread.c:525 <TASK> kthread_stop+0x17a/0x630 kernel/kthread.c:707 destroy_workqueue+0x136/0xc40 kernel/workqueue.c:5810 wg_destruct+0x1e2/0x2e0 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:257 netdev_run_todo+0xe1a/0x1000 net/core/dev.c:10693 default_device_exit_batch+0xa14/0xa90 net/core/dev.c:11769 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:178 [inline] cleanup_net+0x89d/0xcc0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> Fix this with skipping unecessary unparking while stopping a kthread.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.7%
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 (18)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.57linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.4linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.168 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5c25b5ff89f004c30b04759dc34ace8585a4085f - 19a5029981c87c2ad0845e713837faa88f5d8e2b
Linux/Linux 5c25b5ff89f004c30b04759dc34ace8585a4085f - 214e01ad4ed7158cab66498810094fac5d09b218
Linux/Linux 5c25b5ff89f004c30b04759dc34ace8585a4085f - 40a6e660d2a3a7a5cb99f0b8ff4fb41bad039f68
... and 8 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026