Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-27023
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: Fix missing release of 'active_io' for flush submit_flushes atomic_set(&mddev->flush_pending, 1); rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev) atomic_inc(&mddev->flush_pending); bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush submit_bio(bi); /* flush io is done first */ md_end_flush if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending)) percpu_ref_put(&mddev->active_io) -> active_io is not released if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending)) -> missing release of active_io For consequence, mddev_suspend() will wait for 'active_io' to be zero forever. Fix this problem by releasing 'active_io' in submit_flushes() if 'flush_pending' is decreased to zero.
EPSS: 0.003 (19.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions f9f2d957a8ea93c73182aebf7de30935a58c027d, 530cec617f5a8ba6f26bcbf0d64d75c951d17730, c4c2345214b66e2505a26fd2ea58839dd7a1d48d
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.8
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-27023?
- CVE-2024-27023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-01.
- How severe is CVE-2024-27023?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.