CVE-2024-57951

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hrtimers: Handle CPU state correctly on hotplug Consider a scenario where a CPU transitions from CPUHPONLINE to halfway through a CPU hotunplug down to CPUHPHRTIMERSPREPARE, and then back to CPUHPONLINE: Since hrtimerspreparecpu...

CVE-2024-57951

CVE-2024-57951 affects the Linux kernel and describes a race/state handling issue in hrtimers during CPU hotplug/unplug cycles. The vulnerability arises when a CPU transitions from ONLINE toward HOTUNPLUG and back, causing hrtimers_prepare_cpu() not to run and leaving cpu_base.hres_active at 1. A...