CVE-2024-27022

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A race condition can occur when the fork system call is called due to improper locking, triggering a warning, impacting system stability, and resulting in a denial of service.

This issue can result in a denial of service with no other security impact. Additionally, this issue requires a race condition, which increases the complexity of exploitation. For these reasons, this vulnerability has been rated with a moderate severity.

The Linux kernel as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected by this vulnerability because the vulnerable code was introduced in a newer version of the Linux kernel.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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.