CVE-2021-47577 Affecting kernel-default-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTDEVEL-7695298
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2021-47577  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-devel to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-devel package and not the kernel-default-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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