CVE-2021-47577
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.15.11 - Race Condition in io-wq Worker Task Creation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux
< 5.13
Linux/Linux
5.13
Linux/Linux
5.15.11 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
685fe7feedb96771683437107ba72131410e2350 - 4b4e5bbf9386d4ec21d91c0cb0fd60b9bba778ec
Linux/Linux
685fe7feedb96771683437107ba72131410e2350 - 71a85387546e50b1a37b0fa45dadcae3bfb35cf6
linux/linux_kernel
5.16 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.15.11
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026