System hang via AoE lock-order inversion
Published Apr 3, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Improper locking in the Linux kernel AoE block driver from 5.11 allows local users to hang the system during concurrent device setup. aoeblk_gdalloc calls set_capacity while holding d->lock, creating an inverse dependency with bd_size_lock when aoecmd_cfg_rsp interrupts another capacity update. Exploitation requires local access and the AoE driver, and the resulting deadlock stops forward progress rather than exposing or modifying data.
Summary
What happened
Improper locking in the Linux kernel AoE block driver from 5.11 allows local users to hang the system during concurrent device setup. aoeblk_gdalloc calls set_capacity while holding d->lock, creating an inverse dependency with bd_size_lock when aoecmd_cfg_rsp interrupts another capacity update. Exploitation requires local access and the AoE driver, and the resulting deadlock stops forward progress rather than exposing or modifying data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26775
- Published
- Apr 3, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-667, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.11
- Affected versionversion=a782483cc1f875355690625d8253a232f2581418 <19a77b27163820f793b4d022979ffdca8f659b77
- Affected versionversion=a782483cc1f875355690625d8253a232f2581418 <2499fa286fb010ceb289950050199f33c26667b9
- Affected versionversion=a782483cc1f875355690625d8253a232f2581418 <2d623c94fbba3554f4446ba6f3c764994e8b0d26
- Affected versionversion=a782483cc1f875355690625d8253a232f2581418 <673629018ba04906899dcb631beec34d871f709c
- Affected versionversion=a782483cc1f875355690625d8253a232f2581418 <e169bd4fb2b36c4b2bee63c35c740c85daeb2e86
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