Local task hang via missed hrtimer restart
Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Race condition in Linux 6.10 through 6.11.4 allows local users to hang kernel tasks through the dummy-hcd USB gadget driver. The dummy_urb_enqueue() path treats hrtimer_active() as equivalent to timer_pending(), so an expiring callback can suppress a required timer restart and strand a newly queued URB. The flaw requires local low-privilege access to exercise dummy-hcd, and a later usb_kill_urb() call hangs while attempting to dequeue the stranded URB.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Linux 6.10 through 6.11.4 allows local users to hang kernel tasks through the dummy-hcd USB gadget driver. The dummy_urb_enqueue() path treats hrtimer_active() as equivalent to timer_pending(), so an expiring callback can suppress a required timer restart and strand a newly queued URB. The flaw requires local low-privilege access to exercise dummy-hcd, and a later usb_kill_urb() call hangs while attempting to dequeue the stranded URB.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50100
- Published
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Nov 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4a4cb56556124027f4846ff30849c0ede981aa92 <7d85884576a3be3616c260fc1fa862a59579d1ab
- Affected versionversion=6.10
- Affected versionversion=8ffba8d917f44a8acbfccbdec331204353ac8ac8 <cf7ee2291da551fc4b109fda1f6a332cb8212065
- Affected versionversion=a7f3813e589fd8e2834720829a47b5eb914a9afe <5189df7b8088268012882c220d6aca4e64981348
- Affected versionversion=a7f3813e589fd8e2834720829a47b5eb914a9afe <f828205ee3e4ddc712a13fba6c9902d51e91ddaf
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