# CVE-2024-56585: LoongArch: Fix sleeping in atomic context for PREEMPT_RT

> A bug in the LoongArch Linux kernel causes a crash when running with PREEMPT_RT enabled, leading to a denial of service.

- **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:** BELL-CVE-2024-56585, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56585, GHSA-2ggg-8w3g-3x2x, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56585

## What is CVE-2024-56585?

CVE-2024-56585 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

LoongArch: Fix sleeping in atomic context for PREEMPT_RT

Commit bab1c299f3945ffe79 ("LoongArch: Fix sleeping in atomic context in
setup_tlb_handler()") changes the gfp flag from GFP_KERNEL to GFP_ATOMIC
for alloc_pages_node(). However, for PREEMPT_RT kernels we can still get
a "sleeping in atomic context" error:

[    0.372259] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48
[    0.372266] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 0, name: swapper/1
[    0.372268] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
[    0.372270] RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 1
[    0.372272] 3 locks held by swapper/1/0:
[    0.372274]  #0: 900000000c9f5e60 (&pcp->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: get_page_from_freelist+0x524/0x1c60
[    0.372294]  #1: 90000000087013b8 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_trylock+0x50/0x140
[    0.372305]  #2: 900000047fffd388 (&zone->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __rmqueue_pcplist+0x30c/0xea0
[    0.372314] irq event stamp: 0
[    0.372316] hardirqs last  enabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
[    0.372322] hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<9000000005947320>] copy_process+0x9c0/0x26e0
[    0.372329] softirqs last  enabled at (0): [<9000000005947320>] copy_process+0x9c0/0x26e0
[    0.372335] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
[    0.372341] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7+ #1891
[    0.372346] Hardware name: Loongson Loongson-3A5000-7A1000-1w-CRB/Loongson-LS3A5000-7A1000-1w-CRB, BIOS vUDK2018-LoongArch-V2.0.0-prebeta9 10/21/2022
[    0.372349] Stack : 0000000000000089 9000000005a0db9c 90000000071519c8 9000000100388000
[    0.372486]         900000010038b890 0000000000000000 900000010038b898 9000000007e53788
[    0.372492]         900000000815bcc8 900000000815bcc0 900000010038b700 0000000000000001
[    0.372498]         0000000000000001 4b031894b9d6b725 00000000055ec000 9000000100338fc0
[    0.372503]         00000000000000c4 0000000000000001 000000000000002d 0000000000000003
[    0.372509]         0000000000000030 0000000000000003 00000000055ec000 0000000000000003
[    0.372515]         900000000806d000 9000000007e53788 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004
[    0.372521]         0000000000000000 0000000000000000 900000000c9f5f10 0000000000000000
[    0.372526]         90000000076f12d8 9000000007e53788 9000000005924778 0000000000000000
[    0.372532]         00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000070000
[    0.372537]         ...
[    0.372540] Call Trace:
[    0.372542] [<9000000005924778>] show_stack+0x38/0x180
[    0.372548] [<90000000071519c4>] dump_stack_lvl+0x94/0xe4
[    0.372555] [<900000000599b880>] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x260
[    0.372561] [<90000000071675cc>] rt_spin_lock+0x4c/0x140
[    0.372565] [<9000000005cbb768>] __rmqueue_pcplist+0x308/0xea0
[    0.372570] [<9000000005cbed84>] get_page_from_freelist+0x564/0x1c60
[    0.372575] [<9000000005cc0d98>] __alloc_pages_noprof+0x218/0x1820
[    0.372580] [<900000000593b36c>] tlb_init+0x1ac/0x298
[    0.372585] [<9000000005924b74>] per_cpu_trap_init+0x114/0x140
[    0.372589] [<9000000005921964>] cpu_probe+0x4e4/0xa60
[    0.372592] [<9000000005934874>] start_secondary+0x34/0xc0
[    0.372599] [<900000000715615c>] smpboot_entry+0x64/0x6c

This is because in PREEMPT_RT kernels normal spinlocks are replaced by
rt spinlocks and rt_spin_lock() will cause sleeping. Fix it by disabling
NUMA optimization completely for PREEMPT_RT kernels.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56585?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56585?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56585 is a medium-severity denial of service 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-2024-56585 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-2024-56585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56585/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56585

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