In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00052}

epss

{'score': 0.0004}


Mon, 05 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-401
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T12:57:26.289Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.615Z

Link: CVE-2024-41023

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-29T15:15:11.200

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:32:05.223

Link: CVE-2024-41023

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-41023 - Bugzilla

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