CVE-2024-57977memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process A soft lockup issue was found in the product with about 56,000 tasks were in the OOM cgroup, it was traversing them when the soft lockup was triggered. watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [VM Thread:1503066] CPU: 2 PID: 1503066 Comm: VM Thread Kdump: loaded Tainted: G Hardware name: Huawei Cloud OpenStack Nova, BIOS RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0x343/0x540 RSP: 0000:ffffb751447db9a0 EFLAGS: 00000247 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000ffffffff RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000247 RBP: ffffffffafc71f90 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000040 R10: 0000000000000080 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffafc74bd0 R13: ffffffffaf60a220 R14: 0000000000000247 R15: 0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f2fe6ad91f0 CR3: 00000004b2076003 CR4: 0000000000360ee0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: vprintk_emit+0x193/0x280 printk+0x52/0x6e dump_task+0x114/0x130 mem_cgroup_scan_tasks+0x76/0x100 dump_header+0x1fe/0x210 oom_kill_process+0xd1/0x100 out_of_memory+0x125/0x570 mem_cgroup_out_of_memory+0xb5/0xd0 try_charge+0x720/0x770 mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x86/0x180 mem_cgroup_try_charge_delay+0x1c/0x40 do_anonymous_page+0xb5/0x390 handle_mm_fault+0xc4/0x1f0 This is because thousands of processes are in the OOM cgroup, it takes a long time to traverse all of them. As a result, this lead to soft lockup in the OOM process. To fix this issue, call 'cond_resched' in the 'mem_cgroup_scan_tasks' function per 1000 iterations. For global OOM, call 'touch_softlockup_watchdog' per 1000 iterations to avoid this issue.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before 72f2c0b7c152c2983ed51d48c3272cab4f34d965; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before 110399858194c71f11afefad6e7be9e3876b284f; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before a9042dbc1ed4bf25a5f5c699d10c3d676abf8ca2; 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 builds before 0a09d56e1682c951046bf15542b3e9553046c9f6; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before 972486d37169fe85035e81b8c5dff21f70df1173; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before c3a3741db8c1202aa959c77df3a4c361612d1eb1; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before 46576834291869457d4772bb7df72d7c2bb3d57f; from 9cbb78bb314360a860a8b23723971cb6fcb54176 before ade81479c7dda1ce3eedb215c78bc615bbd04f06 | CNA record |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name) | all versions | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 3.6 before 6.12.13; from 6.13 before 6.13.2 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f2c0b7c152c2983ed51d48c3272cab4f34d965
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110399858194c71f11afefad6e7be9e3876b284f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9042dbc1ed4bf25a5f5c699d10c3d676abf8ca2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a09d56e1682c951046bf15542b3e9553046c9f6patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/972486d37169fe85035e81b8c5dff21f70df1173patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3a3741db8c1202aa959c77df3a4c361612d1eb1patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46576834291869457d4772bb7df72d7c2bb3d57fpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ade81479c7dda1ce3eedb215c78bc615bbd04f06patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html
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