System startup interruption via sleeping RT spinlock
Published Dec 27, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Improper locking in Linux beginning with 5.19 can interrupt startup on LoongArch PREEMPT_RT systems when a secondary CPU initializes. In setup_tlb_handler(), alloc_pages_node() enters the PREEMPT_RT page allocator with interrupts disabled, where rt_spin_lock() sleeps in atomic context. NVD assesses local low-privileged reachability, while the published trace demonstrates the fault during secondary-CPU startup rather than a user-controlled trigger.
Summary
What happened
Improper locking in Linux beginning with 5.19 can interrupt startup on LoongArch PREEMPT_RT systems when a secondary CPU initializes. In setup_tlb_handler(), alloc_pages_node() enters the PREEMPT_RT page allocator with interrupts disabled, where rt_spin_lock() sleeps in atomic context. NVD assesses local low-privileged reachability, while the published trace demonstrates the fault during secondary-CPU startup rather than a user-controlled trigger.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56585
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-667, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.19
- Affected versionversion=fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 <08715b741f9b2a925d6485491e4907f3b29bac70
- Affected versionversion=fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 <6575e0867bd478a5d7ef1783ca1e73160807d238
- Affected versionversion=fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 <88fd2b70120d52c1010257d36776876941375490
- Affected versionversion=fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 <c5f89458a2ea0800866b9fc690d3fa8367dc8f8d
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