CVE-2024-35808Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667Improper Locking17 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateJul 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/dm-raid: don't call md_reap_sync_thread() directly Currently md_reap_sync_thread() is called from raid_message() directly without holding 'reconfig_mutex', this is definitely unsafe because md_reap_sync_thread() can change many fields that is protected by 'reconfig_mutex'. However, hold 'reconfig_mutex' here is still problematic because this will cause deadlock, for example, commit 130443d60b1b ("md: refactor idle/frozen_s

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 Packages22 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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linux-azure, linux-gke vulnerabilities2024-06-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2024-07-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-06-14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2024-06-11
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Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-06-07
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-06-07

💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2024-35808 kernel: md/dm-raid: don't call md_reap_sync_thread() directly2024-05-17