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]
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.230-223.885Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perfUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headers | Mar 14, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Nov 11, 2024 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libs | Mar 19, 2025 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libs | 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-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1020-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia | 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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