CVE-2024-36908
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: do not WARN if iocg was already offlined In iocg_pay_debt(), warn is triggered if 'active_list' is empty, which is intended to confirm iocg is active when it has debt.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: do not WARN if iocg was already offlined In iocg_pay_debt(), warn is triggered if 'active_list' is empty, which is intended to confirm iocg is active when it has debt. However, warn can be triggered during a blkcg or disk removal, if iocg_waitq_timer_fn() is run at that time: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2344971 at block/blk-iocost.c:1402 iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190 Call trace: iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190 iocg_kick_waitq+0x438/0x4c0 iocg_waitq_timer_fn+0xd8/0x130 __run_hrtimer+0x144/0x45c __hrtimer_run_queues+0x16c/0x244 hrtimer_interrupt+0x2cc/0x7b0 The warn in this situation is meaningless. Since this iocg is being removed, the state of the 'active_list' is irrelevant, and 'waitq_timer' is canceled after removing 'active_list' in ioc_pd_free(), which ensures iocg is freed after iocg_waitq_timer_fn() returns. Therefore, add the check if iocg was already offlined to avoid warn when removing a blkcg or disk.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01bc4fda9ea0a6b52f12326486f07a4910666cf6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b3275f93d4a0d8ddc02195bc4e9869b7a3700ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c172ac7afe4442964f4153b2c78fe4e005d9d67Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56a9d07f427378eeb75b917bb49c6fbea8204126Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d215e013d097ed6fc4b0ad0272c9514214dc408Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aed0aac18f039dd4af13c143063754efca358cb0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01bc4fda9ea0a6b52f12326486f07a4910666cf6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b3275f93d4a0d8ddc02195bc4e9869b7a3700ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c172ac7afe4442964f4153b2c78fe4e005d9d67Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.