Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-27004
Published: June 3, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90770
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27004
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the HLIST_HEAD(), clk_pm_runtime_put(), clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(), clk_disable_unused_subtree(), __setup(), clk_disable_unused(), __clk_release() and __clk_register() functions in drivers/clk/clk.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-27004
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a29ec0465dce0b871003698698ac6fa92c9a5034
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a424e713e0cc33d4b969cfda25b9f46df4d7b5bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff482c4205a5aac3b0595ab794cfd62295dab5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115554862294397590088ba02f11f2aba6d5016c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e581cf5d216289ef292d1a4036d53ce90e122469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253ab38d1ee652a596942156978a233970d185ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af115f1a20a3d9093586079206ee37c2ac55123
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.216