CVE-2024-49856
Published: Oct 21, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/sgx: Fix deadlock in SGX NUMA node search When the current node doesn't have an EPC section configured by firmware and all other EPC sections are used up, CPU can get stuck inside the while loop that looks for an available EPC page from remote nodes indefinitely, leading to a soft lockup. Note how nid_of_current will never be equal to nid in that while loop because nid_of_current is not set in sgx_numa_mask. Also worth mentioning is that it's perfectly fine for the firmware not to setup an EPC section on a node. While setting up an EPC section on each node can enhance performance, it is not a requirement for functionality. Rework the loop to start and end on *a* node that has SGX memory. This avoids the deadlock looking for the current SGX-lacking node to show up in the loop when it never will.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 901ddbb9ecf5425183ea0c09d10c2fd7868dce54 - < 40fb64257dab507d86b5f1f2a62f3669ef0c91a8affected 901ddbb9ecf5425183ea0c09d10c2fd7868dce54 - < 20c96d0aaabfe361fc2a11c173968dc67feadbbfaffected 901ddbb9ecf5425183ea0c09d10c2fd7868dce54 - < fb2d057539eda67ec7cfc369bf587e6518a9b99daffected 901ddbb9ecf5425183ea0c09d10c2fd7868dce54 - < 0f89fb4042c08fd143bfc28af08bf6c8a0197eeaaffected 901ddbb9ecf5425183ea0c09d10c2fd7868dce54 - < 8132510c915815e6b537ab937d94ed66893bc7b8+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.13unaffected 0 - < 5.13unaffected 5.15.168 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.113 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.54 - <= 6.6.*+3 more versions |
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