Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-42246

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Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-42246

Published: August 7, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95515
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-2024-42246
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
Storage Copy Data Management
Cloud Pak for Network Automation
Technical Support Appliance
OpenManage Network Integration (OMNI)
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
SmartFabric Storage Software
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-osp1 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-200-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1082-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-200-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1140-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1139-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1119-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1134-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1135-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_228-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-base
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-base
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-man
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-headers
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug
kernel-cross-headers
kernel-abi-stablelists
kernel-core
kernel
bpftool
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-doc
kernel-modules
python3-perf
perf
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-200-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1044-iot (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1054-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1094-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1102-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi2 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1123-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1139-azure (Ubuntu package)
python3-perf-debuginfo
perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debug-modules-internal
kernel-modules-internal
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-extra
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-vdso
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amd
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-nvidia
dtb-amlogic
dtb-qcom
dtb-rockchip
dtb-exynos
dtb-lg
dtb-altera
dtb-amazon
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-arm
dtb-aarch64
dtb-allwinner
dtb-broadcom
dtb-socionext
dtb-sprd
dtb-cavium
dtb-freescale
dtb-renesas
dtb-mediatek
dtb-apm
dtb-apple
dtb-marvell
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1038-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1055-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1070-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1071-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1075-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1078-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-aws (Ubuntu package)
IBM DataPower Gateway
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
OpenShift Logging
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the xs_tcp_setup_socket() function in net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-42246

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources