# CVE-2024-50126: net: sched: use RCU read-side critical section in taprio_dump()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's taprio scheduler allows local attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52514, BELL-CVE-2024-50126, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50126, GHSA-qh6f-g265-fmxf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50126

## What is CVE-2024-50126?

CVE-2024-50126 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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:

net: sched: use RCU read-side critical section in taprio_dump()

Fix possible use-after-free in 'taprio_dump()' by adding RCU
read-side critical section there. Never seen on x86 but
found on a KASAN-enabled arm64 system when investigating
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b65e0af58423fc8a73aa:

[T15862] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0
[T15862] Read of size 4 at addr ffff0000d4bb88f8 by task repro/15862
[T15862]
[T15862] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15862 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1-00293-gdefaf1a2113a-dirty #2
[T15862] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20240524-5.fc40 05/24/2024
[T15862] Call trace:
[T15862]  dump_backtrace+0x20c/0x220
[T15862]  show_stack+0x2c/0x40
[T15862]  dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x174
[T15862]  print_report+0x170/0x4d8
[T15862]  kasan_report+0xb8/0x1d4
[T15862]  __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x2c
[T15862]  taprio_dump+0xa0c/0xbb0
[T15862]  tc_fill_qdisc+0x540/0x1020
[T15862]  qdisc_notify.isra.0+0x330/0x3a0
[T15862]  tc_modify_qdisc+0x7b8/0x1838
[T15862]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20
[T15862]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4
[T15862]  rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40
[T15862]  netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790
[T15862]  netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20
[T15862]  __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0
[T15862]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840
[T15862]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0
[T15862]  __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0
[T15862]  __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0
[T15862]  invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0
[T15862]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0
[T15862]  do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
[T15862]  el0_svc+0x50/0x184
[T15862]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c
[T15862]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
[T15862]
[T15862] Allocated by task 15857:
[T15862]  kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70
[T15862]  kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c
[T15862]  kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x60
[T15862]  __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0xe0
[T15862]  __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x194/0x334
[T15862]  taprio_change+0x45c/0x2fe0
[T15862]  tc_modify_qdisc+0x6a8/0x1838
[T15862]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c8/0xc20
[T15862]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f8/0x3d4
[T15862]  rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x40
[T15862]  netlink_unicast+0x51c/0x790
[T15862]  netlink_sendmsg+0x79c/0xc20
[T15862]  __sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x1a0
[T15862]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x6c0/0x840
[T15862]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x1ac/0x1f0
[T15862]  __sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1d0
[T15862]  __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x74/0xb0
[T15862]  invoke_syscall+0x88/0x2e0
[T15862]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x2a0
[T15862]  do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
[T15862]  el0_svc+0x50/0x184
[T15862]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c
[T15862]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
[T15862]
[T15862] Freed by task 6192:
[T15862]  kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70
[T15862]  kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c
[T15862]  kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80
[T15862]  poison_slab_object+0x110/0x160
[T15862]  __kasan_slab_free+0x3c/0x74
[T15862]  kfree+0x134/0x3c0
[T15862]  taprio_free_sched_cb+0x18c/0x220
[T15862]  rcu_core+0x920/0x1b7c
[T15862]  rcu_core_si+0x10/0x1c
[T15862]  handle_softirqs+0x2e8/0xd64
[T15862]  __do_softirq+0x14/0x20

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50126?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50126?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50126 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50126 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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-2024-50126 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-2024-50126/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50126/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50126
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50126
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50126

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