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CVE-2024-56559
published 2024-12-27

CVE-2024-56559: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmalloc: combine all TLB flush operations of KASAN shadow virtual address into one…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
4.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmalloc: combine all TLB flush operations of KASAN shadow virtual address into one operation When compiling kernel source 'make -j $(nproc)' with the up-and-running KASAN-enabled kernel on a 256-core machine, the following soft lockup is shown: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#28 stuck for 22s! [kworker/28:1:1760] CPU: 28 PID: 1760 Comm: kworker/28:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #95 Workqueue: events drain_vmap_area_work RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0x1d8/0xbb0 Code: 38 c8 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 49 08 00 00 8b 45 08 a8 01 74 2e 48 89 f1 49 89 f7 48 c1 e9 03 41 83 e7 07 4c 01 e9 41 83 c7 03 f3 90 b6 01 41 38 c7 7c 08 84 c0 0f 85 d4 06 00 00 8b 45 08 a8 01 75 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000cb3fb60 EFLAGS: 00000202 RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: ffff8883bc4469c0 RCX: ffffed10776e9949 RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffff8883bb74ca48 RDI: ffffffff8434dc50 RBP: ffff8883bb74ca40 R08: ffff888103585dc0 R09: ffff8884533a1800 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: ffffffffffffffff R12: ffffed1077888d39 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffed1077888d38 R15: 0000000000000003 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8883bc400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005577b5c8d158 CR3: 0000000004850000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: ? watchdog_timer_fn+0x2cd/0x390 ? __pfx_watchdog_timer_fn+0x10/0x10 ? __hrtimer_run_queues+0x300/0x6d0 ? sched_clock_cpu+0x69/0x4e0 ? __pfx___hrtimer_run_queues+0x10/0x10 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? ktime_get_update_offsets_now+0x7f/0x2a0 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x2ca/0x760 ? __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8c/0x2b0 ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x90 ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 ? smp_call_function_many_cond+0x1d8/0xbb0 ? __pfx_do_kernel_range_flush+0x10/0x10 on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x20/0x40 flush_tlb_kernel_range+0x19b/0x250 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? kasan_release_vmalloc+0xa7/0x

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.5-1 (forky)linux 6.12.5-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 282631cb2447318e2a55b41a665dbe8571c46d70 < f9a18889aad9b4c19c6c4550c67ad4f9ed2a354ff9a18889aad9b4c19c6c4550c67ad4f9ed2a354f
linuxlinux>= 282631cb2447318e2a55b41a665dbe8571c46d70 < 9e9e085effe9b7e342138fde3cf8577d225099329e9e085effe9b7e342138fde3cf8577d22509932
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.5-16.12.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.5-16.12.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9 < 6.12.46.12.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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