# CVE-2024-36028: mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio()
> A race condition in the Linux kernel's hugetlb subsystem can trigger a lockdep warning and potential system instability during memory failure handling.
- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-36028, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36028, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36028
## What is CVE-2024-36028?
CVE-2024-36028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
### Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio()
When I did memory failure tests recently, below warning occurs:
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1)
WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 1011 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:232 __lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0
Modules linked in: mce_inject hwpoison_inject
CPU: 8 PID: 1011 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3-next-20240410-00012-gdb69f219f4be #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0
RSP: 0018:ffffa7a1c7fe3bd0 EFLAGS: 00000082
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: eb851eb853975fcf RCX: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c8
RDX: 00000000ffffffd8 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c0
RBP: ffffa1c6865d3280 R08: ffffffffb0f570a8 R09: 0000000000009ffb
R10: 0000000000000286 R11: ffffffffb0f2ad50 R12: ffffa1c6865d3d10
R13: ffffa1c6865d3c70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000004
FS: 00007ff9f32aa740(0000) GS:ffffa1ce5fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ff9f3134ba0 CR3: 00000008484e4000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
lock_acquire+0xbe/0x2d0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x60
hugepage_subpool_put_pages.part.0+0xe/0xc0
free_huge_folio+0x253/0x3f0
dissolve_free_huge_page+0x147/0x210
__page_handle_poison+0x9/0x70
memory_failure+0x4e6/0x8c0
hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x380/0x540
ksys_write+0x64/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0xbc/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff9f3114887
RSP: 002b:00007ffecbacb458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007ff9f3114887
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000564494164e10 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000564494164e10 R08: 00007ff9f31d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c
R13: 00007ff9f321b780 R14: 00007ff9f3217600 R15: 00007ff9f3216a00
Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...
CPU: 8 PID: 1011 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3-next-20240410-00012-gdb69f219f4be #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
panic+0x326/0x350
check_panic_on_warn+0x4f/0x50
__warn+0x98/0x190
report_bug+0x18e/0x1a0
handle_bug+0x3d/0x70
exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x70
asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xccb/0x1ca0
RSP: 0018:ffffa7a1c7fe3bd0 EFLAGS: 00000082
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: eb851eb853975fcf RCX: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c8
RDX: 00000000ffffffd8 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffffa1ce5fc1c9c0
RBP: ffffa1c6865d3280 R08: ffffffffb0f570a8 R09: 0000000000009ffb
R10: 0000000000000286 R11: ffffffffb0f2ad50 R12: ffffa1c6865d3d10
R13: ffffa1c6865d3c70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000004
lock_acquire+0xbe/0x2d0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x60
hugepage_subpool_put_pages.part.0+0xe/0xc0
free_huge_folio+0x253/0x3f0
dissolve_free_huge_page+0x147/0x210
__page_handle_poison+0x9/0x70
memory_failure+0x4e6/0x8c0
hard_offline_page_store+0x55/0xa0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12c/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x380/0x540
ksys_write+0x64/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0xbc/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff9f3114887
RSP: 002b:00007ffecbacb458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 00007ff9f3114887
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000564494164e10 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000564494164e10 R08: 00007ff9f31d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000c
R13: 00007ff9f321b780 R14: 00007ff9f3217600 R15: 00007ff9f3216a00
After git bisecting and digging into the code, I believe the root cause is
that _deferred_list field of folio is unioned with _hugetlb_subpool field.
In __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(), folio->_deferred_
---truncated---
Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36028?
It affects 1 product.
Products: Linux kernel.
## How do I fix CVE-2024-36028?
Apply the vendor's patch.
## Is CVE-2024-36028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents
```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36028 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-36028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36028/index.md)
```
## Sources
- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36028
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36028
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36028
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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36028/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.