In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: timer: Set lower bound of start tick time
Currently ALSA timer doesn't have the lower limit of the start tick
time, and it allows a very small size, e.g. 1 tick with 1ns resolution
for hrtimer. Such a situation may lead to an unexpected RCU stall,
where the callback repeatedly queuing the expire update, as reported
by fuzzer.
This patch introduces a sanity check of the timer start tick time, so
that the system returns an error when a too small start size is set.
As of this patch, the lower limit is hard-coded to 100us, which is
small enough but can still work somehow.
ALSA: timer: Set lower bound of start tick time
Currently ALSA timer doesn't have the lower limit of the start tick
time, and it allows a very small size, e.g. 1 tick with 1ns resolution
for hrtimer. Such a situation may lead to an unexpected RCU stall,
where the callback repeatedly queuing the expire update, as reported
by fuzzer.
This patch introduces a sanity check of the timer start tick time, so
that the system returns an error when a too small start size is set.
As of this patch, the lower limit is hard-coded to 100us, which is
small enough but can still work somehow.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-3840-1 | linux security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5730-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6951-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6951-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6951-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6951-4 | Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6953-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6979-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6999-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6999-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7004-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7005-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7005-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7007-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7007-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7007-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7008-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7009-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7009-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7019-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7029-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000
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| References |
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Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-04T17:21:47.608Z
Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.945Z
Link: CVE-2024-38618
Updated: 2025-11-04T17:21:47.608Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:21.567
Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:28.920
Link: CVE-2024-38618
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN