CVE-2024-49573

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49573
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-49573.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-49573
Downstream
Published
2025-01-11T12:35:37Z
Modified
2025-10-17T13:43:54.792998Z
Summary
sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY

Adam reports that enabling NEXTBUDDY insta triggers a WARN in picknext_entity().

Moving clear_buddies() up before the delayed dequeue bits ensures no ->next buddy becomes delayed. Further ensure no new ->next buddy ever starts as delayed.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
152e11f6df293e816a6a37c69757033cdc72667d
Fixed
5dbe6816c49197677a5ecce749bd99929da147da
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
152e11f6df293e816a6a37c69757033cdc72667d
Fixed
493afbd187c4c9cc1642792c0d9ba400c3d6d90d

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.11
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.13-rc1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.12.0
Fixed
6.12.7