{"cve":"CVE-2024-56547","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:34.497","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:21.670","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrcu/nocb: Fix missed RCU barrier on deoffloading\n\nCurrently, running rcutorture test with torture_type=rcu fwd_progress=8\nn_barrier_cbs=8 nocbs_nthreads=8 nocbs_toggle=100 onoff_interval=60\ntest_boost=2, will trigger the following warning:\n\n\tWARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 100 at kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1061 rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload+0x292/0x2a0\n\tRIP: 0010:rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload+0x292/0x2a0\n\t Call Trace:\n\t  <TASK>\n\t  ? __warn+0x7e/0x120\n\t  ? rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload+0x292/0x2a0\n\t  ? report_bug+0x18e/0x1a0\n\t  ? handle_bug+0x3d/0x70\n\t  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x70\n\t  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n\t  ? rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload+0x292/0x2a0\n\t  rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload+0x70/0xa0\n\t  rcu_nocb_toggle+0x136/0x1c0\n\t  ? __pfx_rcu_nocb_toggle+0x10/0x10\n\t  kthread+0xd1/0x100\n\t  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n\t  ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50\n\t  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n\t  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\t  </TASK>\n\nCPU0                               CPU2                          CPU3\n//rcu_nocb_toggle             //nocb_cb_wait                   //rcutorture\n\n// deoffload CPU1             // process CPU1's rdp\nrcu_barrier()\n    rcu_segcblist_entrain()\n        rcu_segcblist_add_len(1);\n        // len == 2\n        // enqueue barrier\n        // callback to CPU1's\n        // rdp->cblist\n                             rcu_do_batch()\n                                 // invoke CPU1's rdp->cblist\n                                 // callback\n                                 rcu_barrier_callback()\n                                                             rcu_barrier()\n                                                               mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);\n                                                               // still see len == 2\n                                                               // enqueue barrier callback\n                                                               // to CPU1's rdp->cblist\n                                                               rcu_segcblist_entrain()\n                                                                   rcu_segcblist_add_len(1);\n                                                                   // len == 3\n                                 // decrement len\n                                 rcu_segcblist_add_len(-2);\n                             kthread_parkme()\n\n// CPU1's rdp->cblist len == 1\n// Warn because there is\n// still a pending barrier\n// trigger warning\nWARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist));\ncpus_read_unlock();\n\n                                                                // wait CPU1 to comes online and\n                                                                // invoke barrier callback on\n                                                                // CPU1 rdp's->cblist\n                                                                wait_for_completion(&rcu_state.barrier_completion);\n// deoffload CPU4\ncpus_read_lock()\n  rcu_barrier()\n    mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);\n    // block on barrier_mutex\n    // wait rcu_barrier() on\n    // CPU3 to unlock barrier_mutex\n    // but CPU3 unlock barrier_mutex\n    // need to wait CPU1 comes online\n    // when CPU1 going online will block on cpus_write_lock\n\nThe above scenario will not only trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(), but also\ntrigger a deadlock.\n\nThanks to nocb locking, a second racing rcu_barrier() on an offline CPU\nwill either observe the decremented callback counter down to 0 and spare\nthe callback enqueue, or rcuo will observe the new callback and keep\nrdp->nocb_cb_sleep to false.\n\nTherefore check rdp->nocb_cb_sleep before parking to make sure no\nfurther rcu_barrier() is waiting on the rdp.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224b62028959858294789772d372dcb36cf5f820","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2996980e20b7a54a1869df15b3445374b850b155"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56547","score":0.00208,"percentile":0.10881,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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). 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