CVE-2024-26696 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix hang in nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers()
Syzbot reported a hang issue in migrate_pages_batch() called by mbind()
and nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() called in the log writer of nilfs2.
While migrate_pages_batch() locks a folio and waits for the writeback to
complete, the log writer thread that should bring the writeback to
completion picks up the folio being written back in
nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() tha…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1d1d1a767206fbe5d4c69493b7e6d2a8d08cc0a0 — 228742b2ddfb99dfd71e5a307e6088ab6836272e+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
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