CVE-2024-50060

io_uring: check if we need to reschedule during overflow flush

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2024 at 07:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: check if we need to reschedule during overflow flush In terms of normal application usage, this list will always be empty. And if an application does overflow a bit, it'll have a few entries. However, nothing obviously prevents syzbot from running a test case that generates a ton of overflow entries, and then flushing them can take quite a while. Check for needing to reschedule while flushing, and drop our locks and do so if necessary. There's no state to maintain here as overflows always prune from head-of-list, hence it's fine to drop and reacquire the locks at the end of the loop.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1135.1 ≤ v < 6.11.45.1 ≤ v < 6.125.1 ≤ v < 6.6.576.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1136.11 ≤ v < 6.11.46.6 ≤ v < 6.6.572b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e5.1
Vendor states this is fixed in a2493904e95ce94bbec819d8f7f03b99976eb25c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c2eadeafce2d385b3f6d26a7f31fee5aba2bbbb0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eac2ca2d682f94f46b1973bdf5e77d85d77b8e53 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4ce3b5d26ce149e77e6b8e8f2058aa80e5b034e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.113 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.57 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2493904e95ce94bbec819d8f7f03b99976eb25c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2eadeafce2d385b3f6d26a7f31fee5aba2bbbb0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac2ca2d682f94f46b1973bdf5e77d85d77b8e53
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ce3b5d26ce149e77e6b8e8f2058aa80e5b034e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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