CVE-2024-49573 Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-8628680
  • published15 Jan 2025
  • disclosed11 Jan 2025

Introduced: 11 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-49573  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-tools-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY

Adam reports that enabling NEXT_BUDDY insta triggers a WARN in pick_next_entity().

Moving clear_buddies() up before the delayed dequeue bits ensures no ->next buddy becomes delayed. Further ensure no new ->next buddy ever starts as delayed.

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