CVE-2021-47569
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/05/2024
Last modified:
29/09/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
io_uring: fail cancellation for EXITING tasks<br />
<br />
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 20 at fs/io_uring.c:6269 io_try_cancel_userdata+0x3c5/0x640 fs/io_uring.c:6269<br />
CPU: 1 PID: 20 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc1-syzkaller #0<br />
Workqueue: events io_fallback_req_func<br />
RIP: 0010:io_try_cancel_userdata+0x3c5/0x640 fs/io_uring.c:6269<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
io_req_task_link_timeout+0x6b/0x1e0 fs/io_uring.c:6886<br />
io_fallback_req_func+0xf9/0x1ae fs/io_uring.c:1334<br />
process_one_work+0x9b2/0x1690 kernel/workqueue.c:2298<br />
worker_thread+0x658/0x11f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2445<br />
kthread+0x405/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:327<br />
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295<br />
<br />
<br />
We need original task&#39;s context to do cancellations, so if it&#39;s dying<br />
and the callback is executed in a fallback mode, fail the cancellation<br />
attempt.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.15 (including) | 5.15.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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