CVE-2024-42114 — Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667 — Improper LockingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption36 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+5 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM values syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM to 2^31. We had a similar issue in sch_fq, fixed with commit d9e15a273306 ("pkt_sched: fq: do not accept silly TCA_FQ_QUANTUM") watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [kworker/1:0:24] Modules linked in: irq event stamp: 131135 hardirqs last enabled at (131134): [] __exit_to_kernel_mode a…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.18 — 5.10.244+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.226-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-125.135+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux52539ca89f365d3db530535fbffa88a3cca4d2ec — 80ac0cc9c0bef984e29637b1efa93d7214b42f53+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

17
OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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OSV
linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2024-12-09
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2024-11-20
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OSV
linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2024-11-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2024-11-20
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities↗2024-11-19
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