System hang via skipped chained interrupt handling
Published Nov 8, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel allows local users to hang systems through Ocelot GPIO interrupt handling. The Ocelot chained GPIO handler skips chained_irq_enter() and chained_irq_exit() when no GPIO interrupt remains pending, leaving an edge-triggered parent interrupt unacknowledged. The hang requires level-configured Ocelot GPIO hardware beneath an edge-triggered parent controller and a sufficiently short GPIO interrupt.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel allows local users to hang systems through Ocelot GPIO interrupt handling. The Ocelot chained GPIO handler skips chained_irq_enter() and chained_irq_exit() when no GPIO interrupt remains pending, leaving an edge-triggered parent interrupt unacknowledged. The hang requires level-configured Ocelot GPIO hardware beneath an edge-triggered parent controller and a sufficiently short GPIO interrupt.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50196
- Published
- Nov 8, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-754, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.16
- Affected versionversion=ce8dc0943357a5d10b05dcf0556b537c1d7b8b1f <20728e86289ab463b99b7ab4425515bd26aba417
- Affected versionversion=ce8dc0943357a5d10b05dcf0556b537c1d7b8b1f <4a81800ef05bea5a9896f199677f7b7f5020776a
- Affected versionversion=ce8dc0943357a5d10b05dcf0556b537c1d7b8b1f <655f5d4662b958122b260be05aa6dfdf8768efe6
- Affected versionversion=ce8dc0943357a5d10b05dcf0556b537c1d7b8b1f <93b8ddc54507a227087c60a0013ed833b6ae7d3c
- Affected versionversion=ce8dc0943357a5d10b05dcf0556b537c1d7b8b1f <dcbe9954634807ec54e22bde278b5b269f921381
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