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CVE-2024-26987: mm/memory-failure: fix deadlock when hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap is enabled

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 1983184c22dd84a4d95a71e5c6775c2638557dc7, 49955b24002dc16a0ae2e83a57a2a6c863a1845c, 5ef7ba2799a3b5ed292b8f6407376e2c25ef002e; azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.35.1-1; azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.35.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.35.1-1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1983184c22dd84a4d95a71e5c6775c2638557dc7, 49955b24002dc16a0ae2e83a57a2a6c863a1845c, 5ef7ba2799a3b5ed292b8f6407376e2c25ef002e; azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.35.1-1; azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.35.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.35.1-1 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: mm/memory-failure: fix deadlock when hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap is enabled When I did hard offline test with hugetlb pages, below deadlock occurs: ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.8.0-11409-gf6cef5f8c37f #1 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ bash/46904 is trying to acquire lock: ffffffffabe68910 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60 but task is already holding lock: ffffffffabf92ea8 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: zone_pcp_disable+0x16/0x40 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}: __mutex_lock+0x6c/0x770 page_alloc_cpu_online+0x3c/0x70 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x397/0x5f0 __cpuhp_invoke_callback_range+0x71/0xe0 _cpu_up+0xeb/0x210 cpu_up+0x91/0xe0 cpuhp_bringup_mask+0x49/0xb0 bringup_nonboot_cpus+0xb7/0xe0 smp_init+0x25/0xa0 kernel_init_freeable+0x15f/0x3e0 kernel_init+0x15/0x1b0 ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 -> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}: __lock_acquire+0x1298/0x1cd0 lock_acquire+0xc0/0x2b0 cpus_read_lock+0x2a/0xc0 static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60 __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio+0x1b9/0x200 dissolve_free_huge_page+0x211/0x260 __page_handle_poison+0x45/0xc0 memory_failure+0x65e/0xc70 hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x387/0x550 ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x1e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(pcp_batch_high_lock); lock(cpu_hotplug_lock); lock(pcp_batch_high_lock); rlock(cpu_hotplug_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 5 locks held by bash/46904: #0: ffff98f6c3bb23f0 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 #1: ffff98f6c328e488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xf8/0x1d0 #2: ffff98ef83b31890 (kn->active#113){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x100/0x1d0 #3: ffffffffabf9db48 (mf_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: memory_failure+0x44/0xc70 #4: ffffffffabf92ea8 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: zone_pcp_disable+0x16/0x40 stack backtrace: CPU: 10 PID: 46904 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.8.0-11409-gf6cef5f8c37f #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0 check_noncircular+0x129/0x140 __lock_acquire+0x1298/0x1cd0 lock_acquire+0xc0/0x2b0 cpus_read_lock+0x2a/0xc0 static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60 __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio+0x1b9/0x200 dissolve_free_huge_page+0x211/0x260 __page_handle_poison+0x45/0xc0 memory_failure+0x65e/0xc70 hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x387/0x550 ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x1e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 RIP: 0033:0x7fc862314887 Code: 10 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 24 RSP: 002b:00007fff19311268 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007fc862314887 RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 000056405645fe10 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 000056405645fe10 R08: 00007fc8623d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c R13: 00007fc86241b780 R14: 00007fc862417600 R15: 00007fc862416a00 In short, below scene breaks the ---truncated---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 1, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile

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Action score

22

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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

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel
fedoraprojectfedora

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • fedoraproject fedora38
  • fedoraproject fedora39
  • fedoraproject fedora40
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.29
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.8.8
  • linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 6.1.88
  • linux linux kernel6.9

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

    • 5.18affected
    • a6b40850c442bf996e729e1d441d3dbc37cea171 and later · before 5ef7ba2799a3b5ed292b8f6407376e2c25ef002eaffected · git
    • a6b40850c442bf996e729e1d441d3dbc37cea171 and later · before 882e1180c83f5b75bae03d0ccc31ccedfe5159deaffected · git
    • a6b40850c442bf996e729e1d441d3dbc37cea171 and later · before 49955b24002dc16a0ae2e83a57a2a6c863a1845caffected · git
    • a6b40850c442bf996e729e1d441d3dbc37cea171 and later · before 1983184c22dd84a4d95a71e5c6775c2638557dc7affected · git
    • before 5.18not affected · semver
    • 6.1.88 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.29 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.8.8 and later · up to and including 6.8.*not affected · semver
    • 6.9 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.90-16.1.90-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.8.9-16.8.9-1

Same product

linux: all records

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  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26985May 1, 2024 · drm/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26986May 1, 2024 · drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-26989May 1, 2024 · arm64: hibernate: Fix level3 translation fault in swsusp_save()
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1983184c22dd84a4d95a71e5c6775c2638557dc7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux49955b24002dc16a0ae2e83a57a2a6c863a1845cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5ef7ba2799a3b5ed292b8f6407376e2c25ef002eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux882e1180c83f5b75bae03d0ccc31ccedfe5159deVendor (CNA)
azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.35.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.35.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.35.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.35.1-5 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.35.1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0- · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.90-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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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

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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).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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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 Locking

CVSS 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

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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