GHSA-3F2P-5JCV-CFFX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()

syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1]

A reproducer is available in the syzbot bug.

When a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, the second request will block forever on the first request. This holds rtnl_lock, and causes tasks to hang.

Return -EAGAIN to prevent infinite looping, while keeping documented behavior.

[1]

INFO: task kworker/1:0:5088 blocked for more than 143 seconds. Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-syzkaller-00173-g3cdb45594619 #0 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/1:0 state:D stack:23744 pid:5088 tgid:5088 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient reg_check_chans_work Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5409 [inline] __schedule+0xf15/0x5d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6746 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6823 [inline] schedule+0xe7/0x350 kernel/sched/core.c:6838 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:6895 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:684 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x5b8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 wiphy_lock include/net/cfg80211.h:5953 [inline] reg_leave_invalid_chans net/wireless/reg.c:2466 [inline] reg_check_chans_work+0x10a/0x10e0 net/wireless/reg.c:2481

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-2024-40995"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:20Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()\n\nsyzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1]\n\nA reproducer is available in the syzbot bug.\n\nWhen a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, the\nsecond request will block forever on the first request. This holds\nrtnl_lock, and causes tasks to hang.\n\nReturn -EAGAIN to prevent infinite looping, while keeping documented\nbehavior.\n\n[1]\n\nINFO: task kworker/1:0:5088 blocked for more than 143 seconds.\nNot tainted 6.9.0-rc4-syzkaller-00173-g3cdb45594619 #0\n\"echo 0 \u003e /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\ntask:kworker/1:0 state:D stack:23744 pid:5088 tgid:5088 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000\nWorkqueue: events_power_efficient reg_check_chans_work\nCall Trace:\n\u003cTASK\u003e\ncontext_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5409 [inline]\n__schedule+0xf15/0x5d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6746\n__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6823 [inline]\nschedule+0xe7/0x350 kernel/sched/core.c:6838\nschedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:6895\n__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:684 [inline]\n__mutex_lock+0x5b8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752\nwiphy_lock include/net/cfg80211.h:5953 [inline]\nreg_leave_invalid_chans net/wireless/reg.c:2466 [inline]\nreg_check_chans_work+0x10a/0x10e0 net/wireless/reg.c:2481",
  "id": "GHSA-3f2p-5jcv-cffx",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:57Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:29Z",
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