Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-50249

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: CPPC: Make rmw_lock a raw_spin_lock The following BUG was triggered: ============================= [ BUG: Invalid wait context ] 6.12.0-rc2-XXX #406 Not tainted ----------------------------- kworker/1:1/62 is trying to lock: ffffff8801593030 (&cpc_ptr->rmw_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cpc_write+0xcc/0x370 other info that might help us debug this: context-{5:5} 2 locks held by kworker/1:1/62: #0: ffffff897ef5ec98 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2c/0x50 #1: ffffff880154e238 (&sg_policy->update_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: sugov_update_shared+0x3c/0x280 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 62 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-g9654bd3e8806 #406 Workqueue: 0x0 (events) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xa4/0x130 show_stack+0x20/0x38 dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xd0 dump_stack+0x18/0x28 __lock_acquire+0x480/0x1ad8 lock_acquire+0x114/0x310 _raw_spin_lock+0x50/0x70 cpc_write+0xcc/0x370 cppc_set_perf+0xa0/0x3a8 cppc_cpufreq_fast_switch+0x40/0xc0 cpufreq_driver_fast_switch+0x4c/0x218 sugov_update_shared+0x234/0x280 update_load_avg+0x6ec/0x7b8 dequeue_entities+0x108/0x830 dequeue_task_fair+0x58/0x408 __schedule+0x4f0/0x1070 schedule+0x54/0x130 worker_thread+0xc0/0x2e8 kthread+0x130/0x148 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 sugov_update_shared() locks a raw_spinlock while cpc_write() locks a spinlock. To have a correct wait-type order, update rmw_lock to a raw spinlock and ensure that interrupts will be disabled on the CPU holding it. [ rjw: Changelog edits ]

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-50249: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 6.10.13, 5.15.168, 8ad28208be7bbe748e90442c45963ddbef0fd1e2
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.12

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50249?
CVE-2024-50249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-50249?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.