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Unscored CVE-2024-50002 EUVD-2024-45220GHSA-cxw3-2f59-5p7f

static_call: Handle module init failure correctly in static_call_del_module()

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 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-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

static_call: Handle module init failure correctly in static_call_del_module()

Module insertion invokes static_call_add_module() to initialize the static
calls in a module. static_call_add_module() invokes __static_call_init(),
which allocates a struct static_call_mod to either encapsulate the built-in
static call sites of the associated key into it so further modules can be
added or to append the module to the module chain.

If that allocation fails the function returns with an error code and the
module core invokes static_call_del_module() to clean up eventually added
static_call_mod entries.

This works correctly, when all keys used by the module were converted over
to a module chain before the failure. If not then static_call_del_module()
causes a #GP as it blindly assumes that key::mods points to a valid struct
static_call_mod.

The problem is that key::mods is not a individual struct member of struct
static_call_key, it's part of a union to save space:

union {
/* bit 0: 0 = mods, 1 = sites */
unsigned long type;
struct static_call_mod *mods;
struct static_call_site *sites;
};

key::sites is a pointer to the list of built-in usage sites of the static
call. The type of the pointer is differentiated by bit 0. A mods pointer
has the bit clear, the sites pointer has the bit set.

As static_call_del_module() blidly assumes that the pointer is a valid
static_call_mod type, it fails to check for this failure case and
dereferences the pointer to the list of built-in call sites, which is
obviously bogus.

Cure it by checking whether the key has a sites or a mods pointer.

If it's a sites pointer then the key is not to be touched. As the sites are
walked in the same order as in __static_call_init() the site walk can be
terminated because all subsequent sites have not been touched by the init
code due to the error exit.

If it was converted before the allocation fail, then the inner loop which
searches for a module match will find nothing.

A fail in the second allocation in __static_call_init() is harmless and
does not require special treatment. The first allocation succeeded and
converted the key to a module chain. That first entry has mod::mod == NULL
and mod::next == NULL, so the inner loop of static_call_del_module() will
neither find a module match nor a module chain. The next site in the walk
was either already converted, but can't match the module, or it will exit
the outer loop because it has a static_call_site pointer and not a
static_call_mod pointer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.10 5.15.168

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 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.115-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1057.59 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-vmware No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-127.137 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1073.79 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1078.87 USN-7186-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1078.87.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1072.80 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1070.76 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1056.63 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1066.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1070.75 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1068.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle +1 5.15.0-1071.77 USN-7186-1, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1039.43 USN-7166-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1 USN-7194-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1 USN-7166-3, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1 USN-7186-2, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1066.68 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1074.82 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1073.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1078.87+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-127.137+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1072.80+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
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 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
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
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
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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 Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
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_5 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_22 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
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 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
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 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-794
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.115-126.197.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-794

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.173.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +13 5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2024-12887

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