# CVE-2024-49933: blk_iocost: fix more out of bound shifts

> An out-of-bounds shift in the Linux kernel's blk_iocost module can cause undefined behavior, potentially leading to system instability or crashes.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52941, BELL-CVE-2024-49933, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49933, GHSA-66x6-php2-c8mm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49933

## What is CVE-2024-49933?

CVE-2024-49933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

blk_iocost: fix more out of bound shifts

Recently running UBSAN caught few out of bound shifts in the
ioc_forgive_debts() function:

UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in block/blk-iocost.c:2142:38
shift exponent 80 is too large for 64-bit type 'u64' (aka 'unsigned long
long')
...
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in block/blk-iocost.c:2144:30
shift exponent 80 is too large for 64-bit type 'u64' (aka 'unsigned long
long')
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dump_stack_lvl+0xca/0x130
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x22c/0x280
? __lock_acquire+0x6441/0x7c10
ioc_timer_fn+0x6cec/0x7750
? blk_iocost_init+0x720/0x720
? call_timer_fn+0x5d/0x470
call_timer_fn+0xfa/0x470
? blk_iocost_init+0x720/0x720
__run_timer_base+0x519/0x700
...

Actual impact of this issue was not identified but I propose to fix the
undefined behaviour.
The proposed fix to prevent those out of bound shifts consist of
precalculating exponent before using it the shift operations by taking
min value from the actual exponent and maximum possible number of bits.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49933?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49933?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49933 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-49933 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-2024-49933/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49933/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49933
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49933
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49933

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49933/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.