sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak
During the execution of the following stress test with linux-rt:
stress-ng --cyclic 30 --timeout 30 --minimize --quiet
kmemleak frequently reported a memory leak concerning the task_struct:
unreferenced object 0xffff8881305b8000 (size 16136):
comm "stress-ng", pid 614, jiffies 4294883961 (age 286.412s)
object hex dump (first 32 bytes):
02 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .@..............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
debug hex dump (first 16 bytes):
53 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 S...............
backtrace:
[<00000000046b6790>] dup_task_struct+0x30/0x540
[<00000000c5ca0f0b>] copy_process+0x3d9/0x50e0
[<00000000ced59777>] kernel_clone+0xb0/0x770
[<00000000a50befdc>] __do_sys_clone+0xb6/0xf0
[<000000001dbf2008>] do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xf0
[<00000000552900ff>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
The issue occurs in start_dl_timer(), which increments the task_struct
reference count and sets a timer. The timer callback, dl_task_timer,
is supposed to decrement the reference count upon expiration. However,
if enqueue_task_dl() is called before the timer expires and cancels it,
the reference count is not decremented, leading to the leak.
This patch fixes the reference leak by ensuring the task_struct
reference count is properly decremented when the timer is canceled.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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epss
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epss
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Mon, 05 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8 |
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4 |
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000
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Redhat enterprise Linux
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 | |
Vendors & Products |
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000
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Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv |
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Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus |
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:45:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T12:57:26.289Z
Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.615Z
Link: CVE-2024-41023

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:39:56.070Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-07-29T15:15:11.200
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:32:05.223
Link: CVE-2024-41023


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