CVE-2024-49976: tracing/timerlat: Drop interface_lock in stop_kthread()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 09cb44cc3d3df7ade2cebc939d6257a2fa8afc7a, 6.10.14, 6.6.55; Azure Linux 3.0 ARM 6.6.57.1-2; Azure Linux 3.0 x64 6.6.57.1-2.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 09cb44cc3d3df7ade2cebc939d6257a2fa8afc7a, 6.10.14, 6.6.55; Azure Linux 3.0 ARM 6.6.57.1-2; Azure Linux 3.0 x64 6.6.57.1-2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/timerlat: Drop interface_lock in stop_kthread() stop_kthread() is the offline callback for "trace/osnoise:online", since commit 5bfbcd1ee57b ("tracing/timerlat: Add interface_lock around clearing of kthread in stop_kthread()"), the following ABBA deadlock scenario is introduced: T1 | T2 [BP] | T3 [AP] osnoise_hotplug_workfn() | work_for_cpu_fn() | cpuhp_thread_fun() | _cpu_down() | osnoise_cpu_die() mutex_lock(&interface_lock) | | stop_kthread() | cpus_write_lock() | mutex_lock(&interface_lock) cpus_read_lock() | cpuhp_kick_ap() | As the interface_lock here in just for protecting the "kthread" field of the osn_var, use xchg() instead to fix this issue. Also use for_each_online_cpu() back in stop_per_cpu_kthreads() as it can take cpu_read_lock() again.
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 7th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-667
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel6.6.51 and later · before 6.6.55
- linux linux kernel6.10.10 and later · before 6.10.14
- linux linux kernel6.11 and later · before 6.11.3
- linux linux kernel6.12
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.11affected
- b4fdabffae14cca2c80d99bd81f3f27239ac7f5e and later · before a4a05ceffe8fad68b45de38fe2311bda619e76e2affected · git
- 4679272d5252720746fd9c5465352cbc5665f230 and later · before 09cb44cc3d3df7ade2cebc939d6257a2fa8afc7aaffected · git
- 5bfbcd1ee57b607fd29e4645c7f350dd385dd9ad and later · before db8571a9a098086608c11a15856ff585789e67e8affected · git
- 5bfbcd1ee57b607fd29e4645c7f350dd385dd9ad and later · before b484a02c9cedf8703eff8f0756f94618004bd165affected · git
- 6.6.51 and later · before 6.6.55affected · semver
- 6.10.10 and later · before 6.10.14affected · semver
- before 6.11not affected · semver
- 6.6.55 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.10.14 and later · up to and including 6.10.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.11.4-1 | 6.11.4-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-49974Oct 21, 2024 · NFSD: Limit the number of concurrent async COPY operations22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-49975Oct 21, 2024 · uprobes: fix kernel info leak via "[uprobes]" vma22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-49978Oct 21, 2024 · gso: fix udp gso fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 09cb44cc3d3df7ade2cebc939d6257a2fa8afc7a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6.10.14 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6.6.55 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a4a05ceffe8fad68b45de38fe2311bda619e76e2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b484a02c9cedf8703eff8f0756f94618004bd165 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | db8571a9a098086608c11a15856ff585789e67e8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Azure Linux 3.0 ARM | 6.6.57.1-2 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Azure Linux 3.0 x64 | 6.6.57.1-2 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.11.4-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-667 · Improper LockingCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.