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CVE-2024-53160

MEDIUM 4.7

rcu/kvfree: Fix data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu

CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu/kvfree: Fix data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu KCSAN reports a data race when access the krcp->monitor_work.timer.expires variable in the schedule_delayed_monitor_work() function: <snip> BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu read to 0xffff888237d1cce8 of 8 bytes by task 10149 on cpu 1: schedule_delayed_monitor_work kernel/rcu/tree.c:3520 [inline] kvfree_call_rcu+0x3b8/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3839 trie_update_elem+0x47c/0x620 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:441 bpf_map_update_value+0x324/0x350 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:203 generic_map_update_batch+0x401/0x520 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1849 bpf_map_do_batch+0x28c/0x3f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5143 __sys_bpf+0x2e5/0x7a0 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5741 [inline] __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5739 [inline] __x64_sys_bpf+0x43/0x50 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5739 x64_sys_call+0x2625/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x1c0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f write to 0xffff888237d1cce8 of 8 bytes by task 56 on cpu 0: __mod_timer+0x578/0x7f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1173 add_timer_global+0x51/0x70 kernel/time/timer.c:1330 __queue_delayed_work+0x127/0x1a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2523 queue_delayed_work_on+0xdf/0x190 kernel/workqueue.c:2552 queue_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:677 [inline] schedule_delayed_monitor_work kernel/rcu/tree.c:3525 [inline] kfree_rcu_monitor+0x5e8/0x660 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3643 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x483/0x9a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x51d/0x6f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x1d1/0x210 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u8:4 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00050-g5b7c893ed5ed #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Workqueue: events_unbound kfree_rcu_monitor <snip> kfree_rcu_monitor() rearms the work if a "krcp" has to be still offloaded and this is done without holding krcp->lock, whereas the kvfree_call_rcu() holds it. Fix it by acquiring the "krcp->lock" for kfree_rcu_monitor() so both functions do not race anymore.

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Published Dec 24, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
8fc5494ad5face62747a3937db66b00db1e5d80b < 967a0e61910825d1fad009d836a6cb41f7402395 8fc5494ad5face62747a3937db66b00db1e5d80b < 05b8ea1f16667f07c8e5843fb4bde3e49d49ead8 8fc5494ad5face62747a3937db66b00db1e5d80b < 5ced426d97ce84299ecfcc7bd8b38f975fd11089 8fc5494ad5face62747a3937db66b00db1e5d80b < a23da88c6c80e41e0503e0b481a22c9eea63f263
Linux / Linux
6.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/967a0e61910825d1fad009d836a6cb41f7402395 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b8ea1f16667f07c8e5843fb4bde3e49d49ead8 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ced426d97ce84299ecfcc7bd8b38f975fd11089 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23da88c6c80e41e0503e0b481a22c9eea63f263