Call hangs via unlocked RxRPC list removal
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Improper locking in RxRPC in affected Linux kernel releases allows local users to hang calls by aborting during connection setup. rxrpc_disconnect_client_call() removes an aborted call's wait_link from local->new_client_calls without holding client_call_lock, so a concurrent removal can unlink other queued calls. A local low-privileged user must win the abort-versus-I/O-thread race; affected calls can disappear from the queue and hang indefinitely.
Summary
What happened
Improper locking in RxRPC in affected Linux kernel releases allows local users to hang calls by aborting during connection setup. rxrpc_disconnect_client_call() removes an aborted call's wait_link from local->new_client_calls without holding client_call_lock, so a concurrent removal can unlink other queued calls. A local low-privileged user must win the abort-versus-I/O-thread race; affected calls can disappear from the queue and hang indefinitely.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50294
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-667, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.2
- Affected versionversion=9d35d880e0e4a3ab32d8c12f9e4d76198aadd42d <996a7208dadbf2cdda8d51444d5ee1fdd1ccbc92
- Affected versionversion=9d35d880e0e4a3ab32d8c12f9e4d76198aadd42d <b1fdb0bb3b6513f5bd26f92369fd6ac1a2422d8b
- Affected versionversion=9d35d880e0e4a3ab32d8c12f9e4d76198aadd42d <fc9de52de38f656399d2ce40f7349a6b5f86e787
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