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Unscored CVE-2024-57977 EUVD-2025-5274GHSA-j98h-85cg-gvmj

memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 10, 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-5.4 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-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 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-5.4 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-4.15 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-5.4 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-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 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-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial 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-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 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:

memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process

A soft lockup issue was found in the product with about 56,000 tasks were
in the OOM cgroup, it was traversing them when the soft lockup was
triggered.

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [VM Thread:1503066]
CPU: 2 PID: 1503066 Comm: VM Thread Kdump: loaded Tainted: G
Hardware name: Huawei Cloud OpenStack Nova, BIOS
RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0x343/0x540
RSP: 0000:ffffb751447db9a0 EFLAGS: 00000247 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000ffffffff
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000247
RBP: ffffffffafc71f90 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000040
R10: 0000000000000080 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffafc74bd0
R13: ffffffffaf60a220 R14: 0000000000000247 R15: 0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f2fe6ad91f0 CR3: 00000004b2076003 CR4: 0000000000360ee0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
vprintk_emit+0x193/0x280
printk+0x52/0x6e
dump_task+0x114/0x130
mem_cgroup_scan_tasks+0x76/0x100
dump_header+0x1fe/0x210
oom_kill_process+0xd1/0x100
out_of_memory+0x125/0x570
mem_cgroup_out_of_memory+0xb5/0xd0
try_charge+0x720/0x770
mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x86/0x180
mem_cgroup_try_charge_delay+0x1c/0x40
do_anonymous_page+0xb5/0x390
handle_mm_fault+0xc4/0x1f0

This is because thousands of processes are in the OOM cgroup, it takes a
long time to traverse all of them. As a result, this lead to soft lockup
in the OOM process.

To fix this issue, call 'cond_resched' in the 'mem_cgroup_scan_tasks'
function per 1000 iterations. For global OOM, call
'touch_softlockup_watchdog' per 1000 iterations to avoid this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.6 5.4.291

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 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.133-1 DSA-5900-1
Debian 11 linux 5.10.237-1 DLA-4178-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 DLA-4193-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1066.68 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-78.78 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1035.37 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1034.39 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.23 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1036.38 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 +1 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1032.36 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1019.21 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1033.33 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-78.78.1 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1035.38 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1035.38.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1022.22 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1032.33 USN-7703-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1035.39 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-140.150 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1084.91 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1035.37~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1089.98 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1089.98.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1083.92 USN-7511-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1036.38~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1081.87 USN-7511-3, USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1066.74 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1076.79 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1033.33~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1079.85 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1080.85 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-78.78.1~22.04.1 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1078.79 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1035.38~22.04.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1037.37 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1026.26 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1032.33~22.04.1 USN-7703-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1078.81 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1050.54 USN-7602-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-216.236 USN-7516-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1146.156 USN-7516-9
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1084.91~20.04.1 USN-7510-8
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1151.158 USN-7516-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1089.98~20.04.1 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1105.112 USN-7517-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1149.158 USN-7516-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1083.92~20.04.1 USN-7512-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1092.97 USN-7516-6
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1076.79~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1079.85~20.04.1 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1133.142 USN-7516-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-140.150~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1144.154 USN-7516-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1081.87~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1129.142 USN-7539-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1079.83~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1064.68 USN-7517-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 16 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2028.29 USN-7719-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1030.31 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1077.79 USN-7510-4
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1084.93 USN-7510-4
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1030.31~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
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 5.15.0-1084.91+fips1 USN-7510-6
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1089.98+fips1 USN-7510-5
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-140.150+fips1 USN-7510-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1083.92+fips1 USN-7511-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1146.156+fips1 USN-7516-8
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1151.158+fips1 USN-7518-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1120.130 USN-7516-8
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1149.158+fips1 USN-7516-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-142.152~20.04.1 USN-7593-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1051.54 USN-7640-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1146.156~18.04.1 USN-7516-7
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1151.158~18.04.1 USN-7516-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1149.158~18.04.1 USN-7516-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-216.236~18.04.1 USN-7516-5
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1092.97~18.04.1 USN-7517-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1144.154~18.04.1 USN-7516-4
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1129.142~18.04.1 USN-7540-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rv +76 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1 RHSA-2025:20095

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 rv +74 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1 ALSA-2025:20095

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1 RLSA-2025:20095

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.130-139.222 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-901
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.130-139.222.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-901

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.82.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.179.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

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