# CVE-2024-53215: svcrdma: fix miss destroy percpu_counter in svc_rdma_proc_init()

> A missing cleanup in the Linux kernel's svcrdma module causes a page fault and system crash when the module is unloaded under specific CPU hotplug configurations.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-56346, BELL-CVE-2024-53215, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53215, GHSA-fcp2-76rf-pjrc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53215

## What is CVE-2024-53215?

CVE-2024-53215 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:

svcrdma: fix miss destroy percpu_counter in svc_rdma_proc_init()

There's issue as follows:
RPC: Registered rdma transport module.
RPC: Registered rdma backchannel transport module.
RPC: Unregistered rdma transport module.
RPC: Unregistered rdma backchannel transport module.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff80c609a
PGD 123fee067 P4D 123fee067 PUD 123fea067 PMD 10c624067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:percpu_counter_destroy_many+0xf7/0x2a0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __die+0x1f/0x70
 page_fault_oops+0x2cd/0x860
 spurious_kernel_fault+0x36/0x450
 do_kern_addr_fault+0xca/0x100
 exc_page_fault+0x128/0x150
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
 percpu_counter_destroy_many+0xf7/0x2a0
 mmdrop+0x209/0x350
 finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x481/0x840
 schedule_tail+0xe/0xd0
 ret_from_fork+0x23/0x80
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>

If register_sysctl() return NULL, then svc_rdma_proc_cleanup() will not
destroy the percpu counters which init in svc_rdma_proc_init().
If CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is enabled, residual nodes may be in the
'percpu_counters' list. The above issue may occur once the module is
removed. If the CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU configuration is not enabled, memory
leakage occurs.
To solve above issue just destroy all percpu counters when
register_sysctl() return NULL.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53215?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53215?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [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-2024-53215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53215 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-53215 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-2024-53215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53215/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53215

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