# CVE-2024-41068: s390/sclp: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure

> A bug in the Linux kernel's s390 SCLP initialization causes a kernel warning and potential instability if initialization fails multiple times.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-41068, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41068, GHSA-v6cc-wq79-7rwj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41068

## What is CVE-2024-41068?

CVE-2024-41068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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:

s390/sclp: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure

If sclp_init() fails it only partially cleans up: if there are multiple
failing calls to sclp_init() sclp_state_change_event will be added several
times to sclp_reg_list, which results in the following warning:

------------[ cut here ]------------
list_add double add: new=000003ffe1598c10, prev=000003ffe1598bf0, next=000003ffe1598c10.
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at lib/list_debug.c:35 __list_add_valid_or_report+0xde/0xf8
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc3
Krnl PSW : 0404c00180000000 000003ffe0d6076a (__list_add_valid_or_report+0xe2/0xf8)
           R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
...
Call Trace:
 [<000003ffe0d6076a>] __list_add_valid_or_report+0xe2/0xf8
([<000003ffe0d60766>] __list_add_valid_or_report+0xde/0xf8)
 [<000003ffe0a8d37e>] sclp_init+0x40e/0x450
 [<000003ffe00009f2>] do_one_initcall+0x42/0x1e0
 [<000003ffe15b77a6>] do_initcalls+0x126/0x150
 [<000003ffe15b7a0a>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ba/0x1f8
 [<000003ffe0d6650e>] kernel_init+0x2e/0x180
 [<000003ffe000301c>] __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x60
 [<000003ffe0d759ca>] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x30

Fix this by removing sclp_state_change_event from sclp_reg_list when
sclp_init() fails.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41068?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41068?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41068 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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-2024-41068 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-2024-41068/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41068/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41068
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41068
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41068

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