refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t (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: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t Running the refscale test occasionally crashes the kernel with the following error: [ 8569.952896] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffe8 [ 8569.952900] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 8569.952902] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 8569.952904] PGD c4b048067 P4D c4b049067 PUD c4b04b067 PMD 0 [ 8569.952910] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT_RT SMP NOPTI [ 8569.952916] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R750/0WMWCR, BIOS 1.2.4 05/28/2021 [ 8569.952917] RIP: 0010:prepare_to_wait_event+0x101/0x190 : [ 8569.952940] Call Trace: [ 8569.952941] <TASK> [ 8569.952944] ref_scale_reader+0x380/0x4a0 [refscale] [ 8569.952959] kthread+0x10e/0x130 [ 8569.952966] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 8569.952973] </TASK> The likely cause is that init_waitqueue_head() is called after the call to the torture_create_kthread() function that creates the ref_scale_reader kthread. Although this init_waitqueue_head() call will very likely complete before this kthread is created and starts running, it is possible that the calling kthread will be delayed between the calls to torture_create_kthread() and init_waitqueue_head(). In this case, the new kthread will use the waitqueue head before it is properly initialized, which is not good for the kernel's health and well-being. The above crash happened here: static inline void __add_wait_queue(...) { : if (!(wq->flags & WQ_FLAG_PRIORITY)) <=== Crash here The offset of flags from list_head entry in wait_queue_entry is -0x18. If reader_tasks[i].wq.head.next is NULL as allocated reader_task structure is zero initialized, the instruction will try to access address 0xffffffffffffffe8, which is exactly the fault address listed above. This commit therefore invokes init_waitqueue_head() before creating the kthread.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/066fbd8bc981cf49923bf828b7b4092894df577f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec9d118ad99dc6f1bc674c1e649c25533d89b9ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0322a255a2242dbe4686b6176b3c83dea490529
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5de968a9032366198720eac4f368ed7e690b3ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a2856fd1d0a040c876ba9e3f89b949ae92e4dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5063e8948dad7f31adb007284a5d5038ae31bb8
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-60488
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-54316
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 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < 066fbd8bc981cf49923bf828b7b4092894df577f ; affected 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < ec9d118ad99dc6f1bc674c1e649c25533d89b9ba ; affected 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < e0322a255a2242dbe4686b6176b3c83dea490529 ; affected 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < e5de968a9032366198720eac4f368ed7e690b3ef ; affected 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < 70a2856fd1d0a040c876ba9e3f89b949ae92e4dd ; affected 653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 < f5063e8948dad7f31adb007284a5d5038ae31bb8 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.9 ; unaffected 0 < 5.9 ; unaffected 5.10.195 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.132 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.53 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.4.16 ≤ 6.4.* |
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 |