# CVE-2024-50019: kthread: unpark only parked kthread

> A race condition in the Linux kernel's kthread handling can trigger a warning and potential instability when stopping per-CPU threads, requiring a kernel patch.

- **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-51453, AZL-51521, BELL-CVE-2024-50019, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50019, GHSA-p957-6gfm-79hj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50019

## What is CVE-2024-50019?

CVE-2024-50019 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:

kthread: unpark only parked kthread

Calling into kthread unparking unconditionally is mostly harmless when
the kthread is already unparked. The wake up is then simply ignored
because the target is not in TASK_PARKED state.

However if the kthread is per CPU, the wake up is preceded by a call
to kthread_bind() which expects the task to be inactive and in
TASK_PARKED state, which obviously isn't the case if it is unparked.

As a result, calling kthread_stop() on an unparked per-cpu kthread
triggers such a warning:

	WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at kernel/kthread.c:525 __kthread_bind_mask kernel/kthread.c:525
	 <TASK>
	 kthread_stop+0x17a/0x630 kernel/kthread.c:707
	 destroy_workqueue+0x136/0xc40 kernel/workqueue.c:5810
	 wg_destruct+0x1e2/0x2e0 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:257
	 netdev_run_todo+0xe1a/0x1000 net/core/dev.c:10693
	 default_device_exit_batch+0xa14/0xa90 net/core/dev.c:11769
	 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:178 [inline]
	 cleanup_net+0x89d/0xcc0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640
	 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline]
	 process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312
	 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393
	 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
	 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
	 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
	 </TASK>

Fix this with skipping unecessary unparking while stopping a kthread.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50019?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50019?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2024-50019 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50019 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-2024-50019 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-2024-50019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50019/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50019
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50019
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50019

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50019/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.