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CVE-2024-26686

2024-04-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
12
linux kernel
vulnerability
fs/proc
do_task_stat
hard lockup

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children
stats lock_task_sighand() can trigger a hard lockup. If NR_CPUS threads
call do_task_stat() at the same time and the process has NR_THREADS, it
will spin with irqs disabled O(NR_CPUS * NR_THREADS) time. Change
do_task_stat() to use sig->stats_lock to gather the statistics outside of
->siglock protected section, in the likely case this code will run
lockless.

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%