Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-44968
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section
The recent fix for making the take over of the broadcast timer more
reliable retrieves a per CPU pointer in preemptible context.
This went unnoticed as compilers hoist the access into the non-preemptible
region where the pointer is actually used. But of course it's valid that
the compiler keeps it at the place where the code puts it which rightfully
triggers:
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code:
caller is hotplug_cpu__broadcast_tick_pull+0x1c/0xc0
Move it to the actual usage site which is in a non-preemptible region.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 10.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/541a900d245536d4809cb1aa322c3fcc2cdb58a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668c6c4a7e9e9f081c06b70f30104fb7013437ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6881e75237a84093d0986f56223db3724619f26e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b3ec186ba93e333e9efe7254e7e31c1828e5d2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd12f85f150010ef7518201c63fa7e395f5c3e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9d604933d5fd72dd37f24e1dc35f778297d745a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f54abf332a2bc0413cfa8bd6a8511f7aa99faea0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f91fb47ecacc178a83a77eeebd25cbaec18c01d6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Products affected by CVE-2024-44968
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.103
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.104
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.44
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.45