CVE-2024-50271
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
signal: restore the override_rlimit logic
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: signal: restore the override_rlimit logic Prior to commit d64696905554 ("Reimplement RLIMIT_SIGPENDING on top of ucounts") UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING rlimit was not enforced for a class of signals. However now it's enforced unconditionally, even if override_rlimit is set. This behavior change caused production issues. For example, if the limit is reached and a process receives a SIGSEGV signal, sigqueue_alloc fails to allocate the necessary resources for the signal delivery, preventing the signal from being delivered with siginfo. This prevents the process from correctly identifying the fault address and handling the error. From the user-space perspective, applications are unaware that the limit has been reached and that the siginfo is effectively 'corrupted'. This can lead to unpredictable behavior and crashes, as we observed with java applications. Fix this by passing override_rlimit into inc_rlimit_get_ucounts() and skip the comparison to max there if override_rlimit is set. This effectively restores the old behavior.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d64696905554e919321e31afc210606653b8f6a4 | affected | git | 012f4d5d25e9ef92ee129bd5aa7aa60f692681e1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| d64696905554e919321e31afc210606653b8f6a4 | affected | git | 4877d9b2a2ebad3ae240127aaa4cb8258b145cf7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| d64696905554e919321e31afc210606653b8f6a4 | affected | git | 0208ea17a1e4456fbfe555f13ae5c28f3d671e40 | Unavailable | None listed |
| d64696905554e919321e31afc210606653b8f6a4 | affected | git | 9e05e5c7ee8758141d2db7e8fea2cab34500c6ed | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.117 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.61 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.11.8 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.11.* | None listed |
| 6.12 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |