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CVE-2024-43890

tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt()

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 84% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix overflow in get_free_elt() "tracing_map->next_elt" in get_free_elt() is at risk of overflowing. Once it overflows, new elements can still be inserted into the tracing_map even though the maximum number of elements (`max_elts`) has been reached. Continuing to insert elements after the overflow could result in the tracing_map containing "tracing_map->max_size" elements, leaving no empty entries. If any attempt is made to insert an element into a full tracing_map using `__tracing_map_insert()`, it will cause an infinite loop with preemption disabled, leading to a CPU hang problem. Fix this by preventing any further increments to "tracing_map->next_elt" once it reaches "tracing_map->max_elt".
Affected products
Linux · Linux