CVE-2021-47577CWE-362

CVE-2021-47577

High · published June 19, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2024-06-19T19:15Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 5.15.115.15.11
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References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUN 14:53Z
    io-wq: check for wq exit after adding new worker task_work
    cvelistv5