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HistoryFeb 24, 2024 - 2:56 p.m.

CVE-2024-26602 sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier

2024-02-2414:56:56
Linux
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cve-2024-26602
sched/membarrier
sys_membarrier
linux kernel
vulnerability
serialize accesses

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier

On some systems, sys_membarrier can be very expensive, causing overall
slowdowns for everything. So put a lock on the path in order to
serialize the accesses to prevent the ability for this to be called at
too high of a frequency and saturate the machine.

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%