CVE-2024-49856: Linux kernel · x86/sgx: Fix deadlock in SGX NUMA node search
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:44 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Oct 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
The vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel. Until patched, systems should be monitored for symptoms of soft lockup related to SGX EPC memory exhaustion on NUMA nodes.
Description
CVE-2024-49856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's x86 SGX subsystem that causes a deadlock during the search for an available EPC page on NUMA nodes. This deadlock occurs when the current node lacks an EPC section configured by firmware and all other EPC sections are exhausted, resulting in a CPU soft lockup. The issue arises because the search loop never finds the current node in the SGX memory mask, causing indefinite looping. The fix reworks the loop to avoid this deadlock by starting and ending on a node that has SGX memory.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49856 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f89fb4042c08fd143bfc28af08bf6c8a0197eea (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c96d0aaabfe361fc2a11c173968dc67feadbbf (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/40fb64257dab507d86b5f1f2a62f3669ef0c91a8 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8132510c915815e6b537ab937d94ed66893bc7b8 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c936844010466535bd46ea4ce4656ef17653644 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb2d057539eda67ec7cfc369bf587e6518a9b99d (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)