CVE-2024-57939

riscv: Fix sleeping in invalid context in die()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 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: riscv: Fix sleeping in invalid context in die() die() can be called in exception handler, and therefore cannot sleep. However, die() takes spinlock_t which can sleep with PREEMPT_RT enabled. That causes the following warning: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 285, name: mutex preempt_count: 110001, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 285 Comm: mutex Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-00022-ge19049cf7d56-dirty #234 Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) Call Trace: dump_backtrace+0x1c/0x24 show_stack+0x2c/0x38 dump_stack_lvl+0x5a/0x72 dump_stack+0x14/0x1c __might_resched+0x130/0x13a rt_spin_lock+0x2a/0x5c die+0x24/0x112 do_trap_insn_illegal+0xa0/0xea _new_vmalloc_restore_context_a0+0xcc/0xd8 Oops - illegal instruction [#1] Switch to use raw_spinlock_t, which does not sleep even with PREEMPT_RT enabled.

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 5.10.2344.15 ≤ v < 5.15.1774.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1254.15 ≤ v < 6.12.104.15 ≤ v < 6.134.15 ≤ v < 6.6.725.11 ≤ v ≤ 5.15.1775.16 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.1256.2 ≤ v ≤ 6.6.726.7 ≤ v ≤ 6.12.106.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc56.13 rc676d2a0493a17d4c8ecc781366850c3c4f8e1a446
Vendor states this is fixed in 10c24df2e303f517fab0359392c11b6b1d553f2b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a97f4118ac07cfdc316433f385dbdc12af5025e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 76ab0afcdbe8c9685b589016ee1c0e25fe596707 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c38baa03ac8e18140faf36a3b955d30cad48e74 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c21df31fc2a4afc02a6e56511364e9e793ea92ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f48f060a4b36b5e96628f6c3fb1540f1e8dedb69 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.234 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.125 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.72 (unaffected)

References (7)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10c24df2e303f517fab0359392c11b6b1d553f2b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a97f4118ac07cfdc316433f385dbdc12af5025e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ab0afcdbe8c9685b589016ee1c0e25fe596707
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c38baa03ac8e18140faf36a3b955d30cad48e74
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c21df31fc2a4afc02a6e56511364e9e793ea92ec
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f48f060a4b36b5e96628f6c3fb1540f1e8dedb69
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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