CVE-2024-49954
kernel: static_call: Replace pointless WARN_ON() in static_call_module_notify()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 21, 2024
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
static_call: Replace pointless WARN_ON() in static_call_module_notify()
static_call_module_notify() triggers a WARN_ON(), when memory allocation fails in __static_call_add_module().
That's not really justified, because the failure case must be correctly handled by the well known call chain and the error code is passed through to the initiating userspace application.
A memory allocation fail is not a fatal problem, but the WARN_ON() takes the machine out when panic_on_warn is set.
Replace it with a pr_warn().
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion