USB: class: cdc-wdm: Fix CPU lockup caused by excessive log messages
Published Jul 12, 2024
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
The syzbot fuzzer found that the interrupt-URB completion callback in the cdc-wdm driver was taking too long, and the driver's immediate resubmission of interrupt URBs with -EPROTO status combined with the dummy-hcd emulation to cause a CPU lockup:
cdc_wdm 1-1:1.0: nonzero urb status received: -71 cdc_wdm 1-1:1.0: wdm_int_callback - 0 bytes watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 26s! [syz-executor782:6625] CPU#0 Utilization every 4s during lockup: #1: 98% system, 0% softirq, 3% hardirq, 0% idle #2: 98% system, 0% softirq, 3% hardirq, 0% idle #3: 98% system, 0% softirq, 3% hardirq, 0% idle #4: 98% system, 0% softirq, 3% hardirq, 0% idle #5: 98% system, 1% softirq, 3% hardirq, 0% idle Modules linked in: irq event stamp: 73096 hardirqs last enabled at (73095): [<ffff80008037bc00>] console_emit_next_record kernel/printk/printk.c:2935 [inline] hardirqs last enabled at (73095): [<ffff80008037bc00>] console_flush_all+0x650/0xb74 kernel/printk/printk.c:2994 hardirqs last disabled at (73096): [<ffff80008af10b00>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:533 [inline] hardirqs last disabled at (73096): [<ffff80008af10b00>] el1_interrupt+0x24/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:551 softirqs last enabled at (73048): [<ffff8000801ea530>] softirq_handle_end kernel/softirq.c:400 [inline] softirqs last enabled at (73048): [<ffff8000801ea530>] handle_softirqs+0xa60/0xc34 kernel/softirq.c:582 softirqs last disabled at (73043): [<ffff800080020de8>] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:588 CPU: 0 PID: 6625 Comm: syz-executor782 Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-g8867bbd4a056 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024
Testing showed that the problem did not occur if the two error messages -- the first two lines above -- were removed; apparently adding material to the kernel log takes a surprisingly large amount of time.
In any case, the best approach for preventing these lockups and to avoid spamming the log with thousands of error messages per second is to ratelimit the two dev_err() calls. Therefore we replace them with dev_err_ratelimited().
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- Version 2.6.28StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<2.6.28
- Version 4.19.317StatusunaffectedConstraints<=4.19.*
- Version 5.10.221StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.10.*
- Version 5.15.162StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 5.4.279StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.4.*
- Version 6.1.95StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.10StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
- Version 6.6.35StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.6.*
- Version 6.9.6StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.9.*
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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- ≥ 2.6.28 · < 4.19.317
- ≥ 4.20 · < 5.4.279
- ≥ 5.5 · < 5.10.221
- ≥ 5.11 · < 5.15.162
- ≥ 5.16 · < 6.1.95
- ≥ 6.2 · < 6.6.35
- ≥ 6.7 · < 6.9.6
- 6.10
- 6.10
- 6.10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
Fixed · RHSA-2024:7000
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10
Fixed · RHSA-2024:7001
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Fixed · RHSA-2024:8617
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4
Fixed · RHSA-2024:8617
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-rt
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7000 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7001 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8617 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-0:5.14.0-427.42.1.el9_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8617 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Sep 10, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2024–2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (5 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
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| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 19.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 20.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
References (14)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40904 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297488 Issue Tracking
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02a4c0499fc3a02e992b4c69a9809912af372d94 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b2cd6d33f700597e6f081b53c668a226a96d28 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217d1f44fff560b3995a685a60aa66e55a7f0f56 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f00812862564b314784167a89f27b444f82a46 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53250b54c92fe087fd4b0c48f85529efe1ebd879 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a3fe36cf9f0d030865e571f45a40f9c1e07e8a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82075aff7ffccb1e72b0ac8aa349e473624d857c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0747d76eb05542b5d49f67069b64ef5ff732c6c Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071208-CVE-2024-40904-48b1@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40904
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40904
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