posix-timers: Prevent RT livelock in itimer_delete() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-timers: Prevent RT livelock in itimer_delete() itimer_delete() has a retry loop when the timer is concurrently expired. On non-RT kernels this just spin-waits until the timer callback has completed, except for posix CPU timers which have HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK enabled. In that case and on RT kernels the existing task could live lock when preempting the task which does the timer delivery. Replace spin_unlock() with an invocation of timer_wait_running() to handle it the same way as the other retry loops in the posix timer code.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1be1ed32daa053484222f7f9beb2b16c624dffd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0670c4c567b27bd8f999a943028f4fe60d1a1106
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7aff15ba29ba4b3052786b1636fa5c4aa39e179
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9bd298e3e4d3fd6e19f017789a42d0f332cd555
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1968bb8a28625cc95d2ad3ca872ab98c9c36d59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9e522010eb5685d8b53e8a24320653d9d4cbbf
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-60091
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-53815
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0369 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0247 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0225 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0108 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < f1be1ed32daa053484222f7f9beb2b16c624dffd ; affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < 0670c4c567b27bd8f999a943028f4fe60d1a1106 ; affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < e7aff15ba29ba4b3052786b1636fa5c4aa39e179 ; affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < f9bd298e3e4d3fd6e19f017789a42d0f332cd555 ; affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < c1968bb8a28625cc95d2ad3ca872ab98c9c36d59 ; affected ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9 < 9d9e522010eb5685d8b53e8a24320653d9d4cbbf |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.4 ; unaffected 0 < 5.4 ; unaffected 5.10.188 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.121 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.39 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.3.13 ≤ 6.3.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |