vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2021-47569: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | 05/24/2024 | 07/30/2024 | 02/20/2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring: fail cancellation for EXITING tasks
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 20 at fs/io_uring.c:6269 io_try_cancel_userdata+0x3c5/0x640 fs/io_uring.c:6269
CPU: 1 PID: 20 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc1-syzkaller #0
Workqueue: events io_fallback_req_func
RIP: 0010:io_try_cancel_userdata+0x3c5/0x640 fs/io_uring.c:6269
Call Trace:
io_req_task_link_timeout+0x6b/0x1e0 fs/io_uring.c:6886
io_fallback_req_func+0xf9/0x1ae fs/io_uring.c:1334
process_one_work+0x9b2/0x1690 kernel/workqueue.c:2298
worker_thread+0x658/0x11f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2445
kthread+0x405/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:327
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
We need original task's context to do cancellations, so if it's dying
and the callback is executed in a fallback mode, fail the cancellation
attempt.
Solution
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