irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 97% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT
On PREEMPT_RT, non-HARD irq_work runs in per-CPU kthreads via
run_irq_workd(), so irq_work_sync() uses rcuwait() to wait for BUSY==0.
After irq_work_single() clears BUSY via atomic_cmpxchg(), it still
dereferences @work for irq_work_is_hard() and rcuwait_wake_up().
An irq_work_sync() caller on another CPU that enters after BUSY is cleared
can observe BUSY==0 immediately, return, and free the work before those
accesses complete — causing a use-after-free.
Fix this by wrapping run_irq_workd() in guard(rcu)() so that the entire
irq_work_single() execution is within an RCU read-side critical
section. Then add synchronize_rcu() in irq_work_sync() after
rcuwait_wait_event() to ensure the caller waits for the RCU grace period
before returning, preventing premature frees.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18c0456ea2615b1a743a6db739c74411c3b42bc6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc79362302922cb18f35e262712b5e58de65442https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/684a78183c54c23e70d1cba320f7fc184604210bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b582784518196eff1050212a046bc29d3a05ddhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91840be8f710370607f949a627e070896faeddb8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef4f71b46a9929ac33e968538c9dd5d96a02460