CVE-2024-50271 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateMay 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
signal: restore the override_rlimit logic
Prior to commit d64696905554 ("Reimplement RLIMIT_SIGPENDING on top of
ucounts") UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING rlimit was not enforced for a class of
signals. However now it's enforced unconditionally, even if
override_rlimit is set. This behavior change caused production issues.
For example, if the limit is reached and a process receives a SIGSEGV
signal, sigqueue_alloc fails to allocate …
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 Packages11 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl↗2025-04-23