GHSA-V75F-HC9P-6G26
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-29 15:30 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:31In 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-41023"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"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": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41023"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a54d31face626f62de415ebe77b43f76c3ffaf4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8acaaeb484097f46c93bb6c3f836d1c1c07fcbdc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58652db66c910c2245f5bee7deca41c12d707b9"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8005214946fd1d9fefdeff19c6ce46d60de2cef"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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