In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
posix-clock: posix-clock: Fix unbalanced locking in pc_clock_settime()
If get_clock_desc() succeeds, it calls fget() for the clockid's fd, and get the clk->rwsem read lock, so the error path should release the lock to make the lock balance and fput the clockid's fd to make the refcount balance and release the fd related resource.
However the below commit left the error path locked behind resulting in unbalanced locking. Check timespec64_valid_strict() before get_clock_desc() to fix it, because the "ts" is not changed after that.
[[email protected]: fixed commit message typo]
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.230-223.885Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headers | Mar 14, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Nov 11, 2024 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools | Mar 19, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python3-perf | Apr 1, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Dec 17, 2024 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oemUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1020-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04 | Apr 24, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 22, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
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