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.
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Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T14:53:45.393Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T07:14:03.183Z
Reserved: 2024-05-24T15:11:00.730Z
Link: CVE-2021-47577
Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.773Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-06-19T15:15:52.223
Modified: 2025-09-29T17:17:13.310
Link: CVE-2021-47577