UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50100

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem The syzbot fuzzer has been encountering "task hung" problems ever since the dummy-hcd driver was changed to use hrtimers instead of regular timers. It turns out that the problems ar...

CVE-2024-50100 USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem The syzbot fuzzer has been encountering "task hung" problems ever since the dummy-hcd driver was changed to use hrtimers instead of regular timers. It turns out that the problems ar...

CVE-2024-50100 USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem The syzbot fuzzer has been encountering "task hung" problems ever since the dummy-hcd driver was changed to use hrtimers instead of regular timers. It turns out that the problems ar...

CVE-2024-50100 USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem The syzbot fuzzer has been encountering "task hung" problems ever since the dummy-hcd driver was changed to use hrtimers instead of regular timers. It turns out that the problems ar...

Huawei HarmonyOS security vulnerabilities

Huawei HarmonyOS is an operating system from Huawei China. It provides a full-scenario distributed operating system based on a microkernel. Huawei HarmonyOS suffers from a type-checking laxity vulnerability, which stems from a type-checking laxity in the background task service module. An attacke...

CVE-2024-50100: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix "task hung" problem The syzbot fuzzer has been encountering "task hung" problems ever since the dummy-hcd driver was changed to use hrtimers instead of regular timers. It turns out that the problems ar...

PT-2024-10024

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 5.10.0-14930-gafbffd6c3ede Description The issue is related to a slab-out-of-bounds read in the key task permission function. This can be caused by a mistake in the search nested keyrings function when it iterate...

PT-2024-35637

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.12-rc5 Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, related to the wifi: rtlwifi driver. The issue arises when the driver attempts to read efuse in case of failures, resulting in a hung...

kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats

A vulnerability was found in the dotaskstat function in the Linux kernel, where due to excessive lock contention, a potential hard lockup could be created. This can create a performance bottleneck and lead to kernel unresponsiveness...

kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats

A vulnerability was found in the dotaskstat function in the Linux kernel, where due to excessive lock contention, a potential hard lockup could be created. This can create a performance bottleneck and lead to kernel unresponsiveness...

CVE-2024-50079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

SUSE CVE-2024-50079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

CVE-2024-50079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

CVE-2024-50082 blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rqqoswait vs. rqqoswakefunction race We're seeing crashes from rqqoswakefunction that look like this: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffafe180a40084 PF: supervisor write access in kernel...

CVE-2024-50082 blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rqqoswait vs. rqqoswakefunction race We're seeing crashes from rqqoswakefunction that look like this: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffafe180a40084 PF: supervisor write access in kernel...

CVE-2024-50079 io_uring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASK_RUNNING when running task_work

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

CVE-2024-50079 io_uring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASK_RUNNING when running task_work

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/sqpoll: ensure task state is TASKRUNNING when running taskwork When the sqpoll is exiting and cancels pending work items, it may need to run taskwork. If this happens from within iouringcancelgeneric, then it may be under...

CVE-2024-50079

CVE-2024-50079 affects the Linux kernel io_uring/sqpoll path. When sqpoll exits and cancels pending work items, it may call task_work from within io_uring_cancel_generic() while the task is not TASK_RUNNING, risking a scheduler splat as the ring mutex is grabbed in an interruptible state. The roo...