{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-26987",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-26987"
  ],
  "published": "2024-05-01T05:31:05Z",
  "summary": "mm/memory-failure: fix deadlock when hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap is enabled",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/memory-failure: fix deadlock when hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap is enabled\n\nWhen I did hard offline test with hugetlb pages, below deadlock occurs:\n\n======================================================\nWARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n6.8.0-11409-gf6cef5f8c37f #1 Not tainted\n------------------------------------------------------\nbash/46904 is trying to acquire lock:\nffffffffabe68910 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60\n\nbut task is already holding lock:\nffffffffabf92ea8 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: zone_pcp_disable+0x16/0x40\n\nwhich lock already depends on the new lock.\n\nthe existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n-> #1 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n       __mutex_lock+0x6c/0x770\n       page_alloc_cpu_online+0x3c/0x70\n       cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x397/0x5f0\n       __cpuhp_invoke_callback_range+0x71/0xe0\n       _cpu_up+0xeb/0x210\n       cpu_up+0x91/0xe0\n       cpuhp_bringup_mask+0x49/0xb0\n       bringup_nonboot_cpus+0xb7/0xe0\n       smp_init+0x25/0xa0\n       kernel_init_freeable+0x15f/0x3e0\n       kernel_init+0x15/0x1b0\n       ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50\n       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\n-> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}:\n       __lock_acquire+0x1298/0x1cd0\n       lock_acquire+0xc0/0x2b0\n       cpus_read_lock+0x2a/0xc0\n       static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60\n       __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio+0x1b9/0x200\n       dissolve_free_huge_page+0x211/0x260\n       __page_handle_poison+0x45/0xc0\n       memory_failure+0x65e/0xc70\n       hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0\n       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0\n       vfs_write+0x387/0x550\n       ksys_write+0x64/0xe0\n       do_syscall_64+0xca/0x1e0\n       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n       CPU0                    CPU1\n       ----                    ----\n  lock(pcp_batch_high_lock);\n                               lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);\n                               lock(pcp_batch_high_lock);\n  rlock(cpu_hotplug_lock);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n5 locks held by bash/46904:\n #0: ffff98f6c3bb23f0 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x64/0xe0\n #1: ffff98f6c328e488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xf8/0x1d0\n #2: ffff98ef83b31890 (kn->active#113){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x100/0x1d0\n #3: ffffffffabf9db48 (mf_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: memory_failure+0x44/0xc70\n #4: ffffffffabf92ea8 (pcp_batch_high_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: zone_pcp_disable+0x16/0x40\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 10 PID: 46904 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.8.0-11409-gf6cef5f8c37f #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0\n check_noncircular+0x129/0x140\n __lock_acquire+0x1298/0x1cd0\n lock_acquire+0xc0/0x2b0\n cpus_read_lock+0x2a/0xc0\n static_key_slow_dec+0x16/0x60\n __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio+0x1b9/0x200\n dissolve_free_huge_page+0x211/0x260\n __page_handle_poison+0x45/0xc0\n memory_failure+0x65e/0xc70\n hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0\n vfs_write+0x387/0x550\n ksys_write+0x64/0xe0\n do_syscall_64+0xca/0x1e0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75\nRIP: 0033:0x7fc862314887\nCode: 10 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 24\nRSP: 002b:00007fff19311268 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007fc862314887\nRDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 000056405645fe10 RDI: 0000000000000001\nRBP: 000056405645fe10 R08: 00007fc8623d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c\nR13: 00007fc86241b780 R14: 00007fc862417600 R15: 00007fc862416a00\n\nIn short, below scene breaks the \n---truncated---",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
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          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
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          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.88",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26987"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef7ba2799a3b5ed292b8f6407376e2c25ef002e"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/882e1180c83f5b75bae03d0ccc31ccedfe5159de"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49955b24002dc16a0ae2e83a57a2a6c863a1845c"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1983184c22dd84a4d95a71e5c6775c2638557dc7"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}
