GHSA-7M5M-JW3R-VXV2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-04 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc
I got the following warn report while doing stress test:
jump label: negative count! WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 38 at kernel/jump_label.c:263 static_key_slow_try_dec+0x9d/0xb0 Call Trace: __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0x16/0x70 sched_cpu_deactivate+0x26e/0x2a0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x3ad/0x10d0 cpuhp_thread_fun+0x3f5/0x680 smpboot_thread_fn+0x56d/0x8d0 kthread+0x309/0x400 ret_from_fork+0x41/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
Because when cpuset_cpu_inactive() fails in sched_cpu_deactivate(), the cpu offline failed, but sched_smt_present is decremented before calling sched_cpu_deactivate(), it leads to unbalanced dec/inc, so fix it by incrementing sched_smt_present in the error path.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-44958"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-04T19:15:30Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc\n\nI got the following warn report while doing stress test:\n\njump label: negative count!\nWARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 38 at kernel/jump_label.c:263 static_key_slow_try_dec+0x9d/0xb0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0x16/0x70\n sched_cpu_deactivate+0x26e/0x2a0\n cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x3ad/0x10d0\n cpuhp_thread_fun+0x3f5/0x680\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x56d/0x8d0\n kthread+0x309/0x400\n ret_from_fork+0x41/0x70\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nBecause when cpuset_cpu_inactive() fails in sched_cpu_deactivate(),\nthe cpu offline failed, but sched_smt_present is decremented before\ncalling sched_cpu_deactivate(), it leads to unbalanced dec/inc, so\nfix it by incrementing sched_smt_present in the error path.",
"id": "GHSA-7m5m-jw3r-vxv2",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:20Z",
"published": "2024-09-04T21:30:31Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44958"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf7665efe451e48d27953e6b5bc627d518c902b"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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