{"cve":"CVE-2024-53042","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-19T18:15:24.737","modified":"2026-10-15T01:19:13.267","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_init_flow()\n\nThere are code paths from which the function is called without holding\nthe RCU read lock, resulting in a suspicious RCU usage warning [1].\n\nFix by using l3mdev_master_upper_ifindex_by_index() which will acquire\nthe RCU read lock before calling\nl3mdev_master_upper_ifindex_by_index_rcu().\n\n[1]\nWARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n6.12.0-rc3-custom-gac8f72681cf2 #141 Not tainted\n-----------------------------\nnet/core/dev.c:876 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\nrcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n1 lock held by ip/361:\n #0: ffffffff86fc7cb0 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x377/0xf60\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 361 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3-custom-gac8f72681cf2 #141\nHardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0xba/0x110\n lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4f/0xd6\n dev_get_by_index_rcu+0x1d3/0x210\n l3mdev_master_upper_ifindex_by_index_rcu+0x2b/0xf0\n ip_tunnel_bind_dev+0x72f/0xa00\n ip_tunnel_newlink+0x368/0x7a0\n ipgre_newlink+0x14c/0x170\n __rtnl_newlink+0x1173/0x19c0\n rtnl_newlink+0x6c/0xa0\n rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3cc/0xf60\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x171/0x450\n netlink_unicast+0x539/0x7f0\n netlink_sendmsg+0x8c1/0xd80\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x8f9/0xc20\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x197/0x1e0\n __sys_sendmsg+0x122/0x1f0\n do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5edcb3fdb12c3d46a6e79eeeec27d925b80fc168","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/699b48fc31727792edf2cab3829586ae6ba649e2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dfaa458fe923211c766238a224e0a3c0522935c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c0f482e39c87317ebf67661e28c8d86c93e870","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad4a3ca6a8e886f6491910a3ae5d53595e40597d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:34.731061660+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53042","score":0.00265,"percentile":0.18279,"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."]}