vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2021-47577: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C) | 06/19/2024 | 08/09/2024 | 02/18/2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io-wq: check for wq exit after adding new worker task_work
We check IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT before attempting to create a new worker, and
wq exit cancels pending work if we have any. But it's possible to have
a race between the two, where creation checks exit finding it not set,
but we're in the process of exiting. The exit side will cancel pending
creation task_work, but there's a gap where we add task_work after we've
canceled existing creations at exit time.
Fix this by checking the EXIT bit post adding the creation task_work.
If it's set, run the same cancelation that exit does.
Solution(s)

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