GHSA-MXXF-4GG8-94VW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-26 12:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:32
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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".

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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  "aliases": [
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-26T11:15:04Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt()\n\n\"tracing_map-\u003enext_elt\" in get_free_elt() is at risk of overflowing.\n\nOnce it overflows, new elements can still be inserted into the tracing_map\neven though the maximum number of elements (`max_elts`) has been reached.\nContinuing to insert elements after the overflow could result in the\ntracing_map containing \"tracing_map-\u003emax_size\" elements, leaving no empty\nentries.\nIf any attempt is made to insert an element into a full tracing_map using\n`__tracing_map_insert()`, it will cause an infinite loop with preemption\ndisabled, leading to a CPU hang problem.\n\nFix this by preventing any further increments to \"tracing_map-\u003enext_elt\"\nonce it reaches \"tracing_map-\u003emax_elt\".",
  "id": "GHSA-mxxf-4gg8-94vw",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T12:32:05Z",
  "published": "2024-08-26T12:31:19Z",
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