Local privilege escalation via taprio schedule race
Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in the Linux taprio scheduler from 5.2 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through racing schedule changes. In taprio_change(), advance_sched() can replace and free the administrative schedule while parsing occurs outside the undersized current_entry_lock critical section, leaving admin dangling. A user with namespace-scoped CAP_NET_ADMIN can control the race without user interaction, enabling kernel-memory disclosure, writes, privilege escalation, or a kernel panic.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Linux taprio scheduler from 5.2 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through racing schedule changes. In taprio_change(), advance_sched() can replace and free the administrative schedule while parsing occurs outside the undersized current_entry_lock critical section, leaving admin dangling. A user with namespace-scoped CAP_NET_ADMIN can control the race without user interaction, enabling kernel-memory disclosure, writes, privilege escalation, or a kernel panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50127
- Published
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Nov 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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