GHSA-V75F-HC9P-6G26

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-29 15:30 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak

During the execution of the following stress test with linux-rt:

stress-ng --cyclic 30 --timeout 30 --minimize --quiet

kmemleak frequently reported a memory leak concerning the task_struct:

unreferenced object 0xffff8881305b8000 (size 16136): comm "stress-ng", pid 614, jiffies 4294883961 (age 286.412s) object hex dump (first 32 bytes): 02 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .@.............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ debug hex dump (first 16 bytes): 53 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 S............... backtrace: [<00000000046b6790>] dup_task_struct+0x30/0x540 [<00000000c5ca0f0b>] copy_process+0x3d9/0x50e0 [<00000000ced59777>] kernel_clone+0xb0/0x770 [<00000000a50befdc>] __do_sys_clone+0xb6/0xf0 [<000000001dbf2008>] do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xf0 [<00000000552900ff>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

The issue occurs in start_dl_timer(), which increments the task_struct reference count and sets a timer. The timer callback, dl_task_timer, is supposed to decrement the reference count upon expiration. However, if enqueue_task_dl() is called before the timer expires and cancels it, the reference count is not decremented, leading to the leak.

This patch fixes the reference leak by ensuring the task_struct reference count is properly decremented when the timer is canceled.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-41023"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-29T15:15:11Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak\n\nDuring the execution of the following stress test with linux-rt:\n\nstress-ng --cyclic 30 --timeout 30 --minimize --quiet\n\nkmemleak frequently reported a memory leak concerning the task_struct:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881305b8000 (size 16136):\n  comm \"stress-ng\", pid 614, jiffies 4294883961 (age 286.412s)\n  object hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    02 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .@..............\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  debug hex dump (first 16 bytes):\n    53 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  S...............\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003c00000000046b6790\u003e] dup_task_struct+0x30/0x540\n    [\u003c00000000c5ca0f0b\u003e] copy_process+0x3d9/0x50e0\n    [\u003c00000000ced59777\u003e] kernel_clone+0xb0/0x770\n    [\u003c00000000a50befdc\u003e] __do_sys_clone+0xb6/0xf0\n    [\u003c000000001dbf2008\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xf0\n    [\u003c00000000552900ff\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nThe issue occurs in start_dl_timer(), which increments the task_struct\nreference count and sets a timer. The timer callback, dl_task_timer,\nis supposed to decrement the reference count upon expiration. However,\nif enqueue_task_dl() is called before the timer expires and cancels it,\nthe reference count is not decremented, leading to the leak.\n\nThis patch fixes the reference leak by ensuring the task_struct\nreference count is properly decremented when the timer is canceled.",
  "id": "GHSA-v75f-hc9p-6g26",
  "modified": "2026-10-30T15:31:49Z",
  "published": "2024-07-29T15:30:39Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41023"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58652db66c910c2245f5bee7deca41c12d707b9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8005214946fd1d9fefdeff19c6ce46d60de2cef"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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