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CVE-2024-57977
published 2025-02-27

CVE-2024-57977: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process A soft lockup issue was found in the product with…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.19%
8.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process A soft lockup issue was found in the product with about 56,000 tasks were in the OOM cgroup, it was traversing them when the soft lockup was triggered. watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [VM Thread:1503066] CPU: 2 PID: 1503066 Comm: VM Thread Kdump: loaded Tainted: G Hardware name: Huawei Cloud OpenStack Nova, BIOS RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0x343/0x540 RSP: 0000:ffffb751447db9a0 EFLAGS: 00000247 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000ffffffff RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000247 RBP: ffffffffafc71f90 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000040 R10: 0000000000000080 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffafc74bd0 R13: ffffffffaf60a220 R14: 0000000000000247 R15: 0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f2fe6ad91f0 CR3: 00000004b2076003 CR4: 0000000000360ee0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: vprintk_emit+0x193/0x280 printk+0x52/0x6e dump_task+0x114/0x130 mem_cgroup_scan_tasks+0x76/0x100 dump_header+0x1fe/0x210 oom_kill_process+0xd1/0x100 out_of_memory+0x125/0x570 mem_cgroup_out_of_memory+0xb5/0xd0 try_charge+0x720/0x770 mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x86/0x180 mem_cgroup_try_charge_delay+0x1c/0x40 do_anonymous_page+0xb5/0x390 handle_mm_fault+0xc4/0x1f0 This is because thousands of processes are in the OOM cgroup, it takes a long time to traverse all of them. As a result, this lead to soft lockup in the OOM process. To fix this issue, call 'cond_resched' in the 'mem_cgroup_scan_tasks' function per 1000 iterations. For global OOM, call 'touch_softlockup_watchdog' per 1000 iterations to avoid this issue.

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < 72f2c0b7c152c2983ed51d48c3272cab4f34d96572f2c0b7c152c2983ed51d48c3272cab4f34d965
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < 110399858194c71f11afefad6e7be9e3876b284f110399858194c71f11afefad6e7be9e3876b284f
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < a9042dbc1ed4bf25a5f5c699d10c3d676abf8ca2a9042dbc1ed4bf25a5f5c699d10c3d676abf8ca2
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < 0a09d56e1682c951046bf15542b3e9553046c9f60a09d56e1682c951046bf15542b3e9553046c9f6
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < 972486d37169fe85035e81b8c5dff21f70df1173972486d37169fe85035e81b8c5dff21f70df1173
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < c3a3741db8c1202aa959c77df3a4c361612d1eb1c3a3741db8c1202aa959c77df3a4c361612d1eb1
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < 46576834291869457d4772bb7df72d7c2bb3d57f46576834291869457d4772bb7df72d7c2bb3d57f
linuxlinux>= 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 < ade81479c7dda1ce3eedb215c78bc615bbd04f06ade81479c7dda1ce3eedb215c78bc615bbd04f06
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.237-15.10.237-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.133-16.1.133-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.13-16.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.13-16.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-216.2365.4.0-216.236
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-140.1505.15.0-140.150
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-78.786.8.0-78.78
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.6 < 6.12.136.12.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.13.26.13.2
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.82.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.92.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.179.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.182.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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