{"cve":"CVE-2024-38598","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T14:15:19.813","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:30.860","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size\n\nIs is reported that for dm-raid10, lvextend + lvchange --syncaction will\ntrigger following softlockup:\n\nkernel:watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 26s! [mdX_resync:6976]\nCPU: 7 PID: 3588 Comm: mdX_resync Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-next-20240419 #1\nRIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x13/0x30\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n md_bitmap_start_sync+0x6b/0xf0\n raid10_sync_request+0x25c/0x1b40 [raid10]\n md_do_sync+0x64b/0x1020\n md_thread+0xa7/0x170\n kthread+0xcf/0x100\n ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nAnd the detailed process is as follows:\n\nmd_do_sync\n j = mddev->resync_min\n while (j < max_sectors)\n  sectors = raid10_sync_request(mddev, j, &skipped)\n   if (!md_bitmap_start_sync(..., &sync_blocks))\n    // md_bitmap_start_sync set sync_blocks to 0\n    return sync_blocks + sectors_skippe;\n  // sectors = 0;\n  j += sectors;\n  // j never change\n\nRoot cause is that commit 301867b1c168 (\"md/raid10: check\nslab-out-of-bounds in md_bitmap_get_counter\") return early from\nmd_bitmap_get_counter(), without setting returned blocks.\n\nFix this problem by always set returned blocks from\nmd_bitmap_get_counter\"(), as it used to be.\n\nNoted that this patch just fix the softlockup problem in kernel, the\ncase that bitmap size doesn't match array size still need to be fixed.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5b73ef8fd6268cbc968b308d8eafe56fda97f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43771597feba89a839c5f893716df88ae5c237ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5817f43ae1a118855676f57ef7ab50e37eac7482","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69296914bfd508c85935bf5f711cad9b0fe78492","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e8e4f288e74a896b6d9cd194f3bab12bd7a10f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38598","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09318,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}