CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-43890

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, get_free_elt() can overflow tracing_map->next_elt. After overflow, elements can still be inserted into a full tracing_map, causing an infinite loop with preemption disabled and a CPU hang.

Risk Assessment

Can cause a CPU hang and denial of service (DoS) on systems using tracing_map.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2024-43890.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt() "tracing_map->next_elt" in get_free_elt() is at risk of overflowing. Once it overflows, new elements can still be inserted into the tracing_map even though the maximum number of elements (`max_elts`) has been reached. Continuing to insert elements after the overflow could result in the tracing_map containing "tracing_map->max_size" elements, leaving no empty entries. If any attempt is made to insert an element into a full tracing_map using `__tracing_map_insert()`, it will cause an infinite loop with preemption disabled, leading to a CPU hang problem. Fix this by preventing any further increments to "tracing_map->next_elt" once it reaches "tracing_map->max_elt".

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