CVE-2024-50271

Technical Description

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

signal: restore the override_rlimit logic

Prior to commit d64696905554 ("Reimplement RLIMIT_SIGPENDING on top of

ucounts") UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING rlimit was not enforced for a class of

signals. However now it's enforced unconditionally, even if

override_rlimit is set. This behavior change caused production issues.

For example, if the limit is reached and a process receives a SIGSEGV

signal, sigqueue_alloc fails to allocate the necessary resources for the

signal delivery, preventing the signal from being delivered with siginfo.

This prevents the process from correctly identifying the fault address and

handling the error. From the user-space perspective, applications are

unaware that the limit has been reached and that the siginfo is

effectively 'corrupted'. This can lead to unpredictable behavior and

crashes, as we observed with java applications.

Fix this by passing override_rlimit into inc_rlimit_get_ucou

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References