vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-36908: ELSA-2025-20470: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 30, 2024 | Jul 17, 2025 | Jul 17, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 30, 2024
Added
Jul 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 17, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-iocost: do not WARN if iocg was already offlined
In iocg_pay_debt(), warn is triggered if 'active_list' is empty, which
is intended to confirm iocg is active when it has debt. However, warn
can be triggered during a blkcg or disk removal, if iocg_waitq_timer_fn()
is run at that time:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2344971 at block/blk-iocost.c:1402 iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190
Call trace:
iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190
iocg_kick_waitq+0x438/0x4c0
iocg_waitq_timer_fn+0xd8/0x130
__run_hrtimer+0x144/0x45c
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x16c/0x244
hrtimer_interrupt+0x2cc/0x7b0
The warn in this situation is meaningless. Since this iocg is being
removed, the state of the 'active_list' is irrelevant, and 'waitq_timer'
is canceled after removing 'active_list' in ioc_pd_free(), which ensures
iocg is freed after iocg_waitq_timer_fn() returns.
Therefore, add the check if iocg was already offlined to avoid warn
when removing a blkcg or disk.
blk-iocost: do not WARN if iocg was already offlined
In iocg_pay_debt(), warn is triggered if 'active_list' is empty, which
is intended to confirm iocg is active when it has debt. However, warn
can be triggered during a blkcg or disk removal, if iocg_waitq_timer_fn()
is run at that time:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2344971 at block/blk-iocost.c:1402 iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190
Call trace:
iocg_pay_debt+0x14c/0x190
iocg_kick_waitq+0x438/0x4c0
iocg_waitq_timer_fn+0xd8/0x130
__run_hrtimer+0x144/0x45c
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x16c/0x244
hrtimer_interrupt+0x2cc/0x7b0
The warn in this situation is meaningless. Since this iocg is being
removed, the state of the 'active_list' is irrelevant, and 'waitq_timer'
is canceled after removing 'active_list' in ioc_pd_free(), which ensures
iocg is freed after iocg_waitq_timer_fn() returns.
Therefore, add the check if iocg was already offlined to avoid warn
when removing a blkcg or disk.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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