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Unscored CVE-2024-26703 EUVD-2024-23965GHSA-mccq-9gc6-hm85

tracing/timerlat: Move hrtimer_init to timerlat_fd open()

Published Apr 3, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/timerlat: Move hrtimer_init to timerlat_fd open()

Currently, the timerlat's hrtimer is initialized at the first read of
timerlat_fd, and destroyed at close(). It works, but it causes an error
if the user program open() and close() the file without reading.

Here's an example:

# echo NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/osnoise/options
# echo timerlat > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer

# cat <<EOF > ./timerlat_load.py
# !/usr/bin/env python3

timerlat_fd = open("/sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/per_cpu/cpu0/timerlat_fd", 'r')
timerlat_fd.close();
EOF

# ./taskset -c 0 ./timerlat_load.py
<BOOM>

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 2673 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.6.13-200.fc39.x86_64 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:hrtimer_active+0xd/0x50
Code: 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 57 30 <8b> 42 10 a8 01 74 09 f3 90 8b 42 10 a8 01 75 f7 80 7f 38 00 75 1d
RSP: 0018:ffffb031009b7e10 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000002db00 RBX: ffff9118f786db08 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9117a0e64400 RDI: ffff9118f786db08
RBP: ffff9118f786db80 R08: ffff9117a0ddd420 R09: ffff9117804d4f70
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9118f786db08
R13: ffff91178fdd5e20 R14: ffff9117840978c0 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f2ffbab1740(0000) GS:ffff9118f7840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 00000001b402e000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die+0x23/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? avc_has_extended_perms+0x237/0x520
? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? hrtimer_active+0xd/0x50
hrtimer_cancel+0x15/0x40
timerlat_fd_release+0x48/0xe0
__fput+0xf5/0x290
__x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80
do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x72/0xd0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2b/0x40
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x142/0x1f0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2b/0x40
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
RIP: 0033:0x7f2ffb321594
Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d d5 cd 0d 00 00 74 13 b8 03 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 3c c3 0f 1f 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 10 89 7d
RSP: 002b:00007ffe8d8eef18 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2ffba4e668 RCX: 00007f2ffb321594
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffe8d8eef40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 55c926e3167eae79 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 00007ffe8d8ef030 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007f2ffba4e668
</TASK>
CR2: 0000000000000010
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Move hrtimer_init to timerlat_fd open() to avoid this problem.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.5 6.6.18

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.7.7-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.5 6.5.0-1023.23~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44~22.04.1 USN-6900-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44.1~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1023.24 USN-6895-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1027.28 USN-6895-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1026.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +23 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1017.18~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1

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