{"cve":"CVE-2024-36888","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-30T16:15:12.323","modified":"2026-06-17T07:37:16.807","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nworkqueue: Fix selection of wake_cpu in kick_pool()\n\nWith cpu_possible_mask=0-63 and cpu_online_mask=0-7 the following\nkernel oops was observed:\n\nsmp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...\nsmp: Brought up 1 node, 8 CPUs\nUnable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space\nFailing address: 0000000000000000 TEID: 0000000000000803\n[..]\n Call Trace:\narch_vcpu_is_preempted+0x12/0x80\nselect_idle_sibling+0x42/0x560\nselect_task_rq_fair+0x29a/0x3b0\ntry_to_wake_up+0x38e/0x6e0\nkick_pool+0xa4/0x198\n__queue_work.part.0+0x2bc/0x3a8\ncall_timer_fn+0x36/0x160\n__run_timers+0x1e2/0x328\n__run_timer_base+0x5a/0x88\nrun_timer_softirq+0x40/0x78\n__do_softirq+0x118/0x388\nirq_exit_rcu+0xc0/0xd8\ndo_ext_irq+0xae/0x168\next_int_handler+0xbe/0xf0\npsw_idle_exit+0x0/0xc\ndefault_idle_call+0x3c/0x110\ndo_idle+0xd4/0x158\ncpu_startup_entry+0x40/0x48\nrest_init+0xc6/0xc8\nstart_kernel+0x3c4/0x5e0\nstartup_continue+0x3c/0x50\n\nThe crash is caused by calling arch_vcpu_is_preempted() for an offline\nCPU. To avoid this, select the cpu with cpumask_any_and_distribute()\nto mask __pod_cpumask with cpu_online_mask. In case no cpu is left in\nthe pool, skip the assignment.\n\ntj: This doesn't fully fix the bug as CPUs can still go down between picking\nthe target CPU and the wake call. Fixing that likely requires adding\ncpu_online() test to either the sched or s390 arch code. However, regardless\nof how that is fixed, workqueue shouldn't be picking a CPU which isn't\nonline as that would result in unpredictable and worse behavior.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.2},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a01eafdcf78f6da34fad9ff075ed5dfdd9f420","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d559e70b3eb6623935cbe7f94c1912c1099777b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57824d4fe07c2131f8c48687cbd5ee2be60c767","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a01eafdcf78f6da34fad9ff075ed5dfdd9f420","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d559e70b3eb6623935cbe7f94c1912c1099777b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:51:20.603330631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-36888","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14799,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}