{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-50223","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-10-21T19:36:19.973Z","datePublished":"2024-11-09T10:14:34.219Z","dateUpdated":"2025-10-01T20:27:04.894Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2025-05-04T09:49:08.875Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/numa: Fix the potential null pointer dereference in task_numa_work()\n\nWhen running stress-ng-vm-segv test, we found a null pointer dereference\nerror in task_numa_work(). Here is the backtrace:\n\n  [323676.066985] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020\n  ......\n  [323676.067108] CPU: 35 PID: 2694524 Comm: stress-ng-vm-se\n  ......\n  [323676.067113] pstate: 23401009 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--)\n  [323676.067115] pc : vma_migratable+0x1c/0xd0\n  [323676.067122] lr : task_numa_work+0x1ec/0x4e0\n  [323676.067127] sp : ffff8000ada73d20\n  [323676.067128] x29: ffff8000ada73d20 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 000000003e89f010\n  [323676.067130] x26: 0000000000080000 x25: ffff800081b5c0d8 x24: ffff800081b27000\n  [323676.067133] x23: 0000000000010000 x22: 0000000104d18cc0 x21: ffff0009f7158000\n  [323676.067135] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffff8000ada73db8\n  [323676.067138] x17: 0001400000000000 x16: ffff800080df40b0 x15: 0000000000000035\n  [323676.067140] x14: ffff8000ada73cc8 x13: 1fffe0017cc72001 x12: ffff8000ada73cc8\n  [323676.067142] x11: ffff80008001160c x10: ffff000be639000c x9 : ffff8000800f4ba4\n  [323676.067145] x8 : ffff000810375000 x7 : ffff8000ada73974 x6 : 0000000000000001\n  [323676.067147] x5 : 0068000b33e26707 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : ffff0009f7158000\n  [323676.067149] x2 : 0000000000000041 x1 : 0000000000004400 x0 : 0000000000000000\n  [323676.067152] Call trace:\n  [323676.067153]  vma_migratable+0x1c/0xd0\n  [323676.067155]  task_numa_work+0x1ec/0x4e0\n  [323676.067157]  task_work_run+0x78/0xd8\n  [323676.067161]  do_notify_resume+0x1ec/0x290\n  [323676.067163]  el0_svc+0x150/0x160\n  [323676.067167]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xf8/0x128\n  [323676.067170]  el0t_64_sync+0x17c/0x180\n  [323676.067173] Code: d2888001 910003fd f9000bf3 aa0003f3 (f9401000)\n  [323676.067177] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs\n  [323676.070184] Starting crashdump kernel...\n\nstress-ng-vm-segv in stress-ng is used to stress test the SIGSEGV error\nhandling function of the system, which tries to cause a SIGSEGV error on\nreturn from unmapping the whole address space of the child process.\n\nNormally this program will not cause kernel crashes. But before the\nmunmap system call returns to user mode, a potential task_numa_work()\nfor numa balancing could be added and executed. In this scenario, since the\nchild process has no vma after munmap, the vma_next() in task_numa_work()\nwill return a null pointer even if the vma iterator restarts from 0.\n\nRecheck the vma pointer before dereferencing it in task_numa_work()."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/sched/fair.c"],"versions":[{"version":"214dbc4281374cbbd833edd502d0ed1fd1b0e243","lessThan":"ade91f6e9848b370add44d89c976e070ccb492ef","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"214dbc4281374cbbd833edd502d0ed1fd1b0e243","lessThan":"c60d98ef7078fc3e22b48e98eae7a897d88494ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"214dbc4281374cbbd833edd502d0ed1fd1b0e243","lessThan":"9c70b2a33cd2aa6a5a59c5523ef053bd42265209","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/sched/fair.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.60","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.60"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.11.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.12"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ade91f6e9848b370add44d89c976e070ccb492ef"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c60d98ef7078fc3e22b48e98eae7a897d88494ee"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c70b2a33cd2aa6a5a59c5523ef053bd42265209"}],"title":"sched/numa: Fix the potential null pointer dereference in task_numa_work()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2024-50223","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-10-01T20:17:01.866240Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","type":"CWE","cweId":"CWE-476","description":"CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference"}]}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2025-10-01T20:27:04.894Z"}}]}}