CVE-2024-42245 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateDec 12
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "sched/fair: Make sure to try to detach at least one movable task"
This reverts commit b0defa7ae03ecf91b8bfd10ede430cff12fcbd06.
b0defa7ae03ec changed the load balancing logic to ignore env.max_loop if
all tasks examined to that point were pinned. The goal of the patch was
to make it more likely to be able to detach a task buried in a long list
of pinned tasks. However, this has the unfortunate side effect of
creating …
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