In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
debugfs: fix wait/cancellation handling during remove
Ben Greear further reports deadlocks during concurrent debugfs remove while files are being accessed, even though the code in question now uses debugfs cancellations. Turns out that despite all the review on the locking, we missed completely that the logic is wrong: if the refcount hits zero we can finish (and need not wait for the completion), but if it doesn't we have to trigger all the cancellations. As written, we can _never_ get into the loop triggering the cancellations. Fix this, and explain it better while at it.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1008-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-35-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-35-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1005-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-35-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1008-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-35-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1004-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 | Jul 1, 2024 | May 17, 2024 |
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