ghsa-vwm2-fvjj-vcv3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-01-20 15:31
Modified
2025-11-03 21:32
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring/eventfd: ensure io_eventfd_signal() defers another RCU period

io_eventfd_do_signal() is invoked from an RCU callback, but when dropping the reference to the io_ev_fd, it calls io_eventfd_free() directly if the refcount drops to zero. This isn't correct, as any potential freeing of the io_ev_fd should be deferred another RCU grace period.

Just call io_eventfd_put() rather than open-code the dec-and-test and free, which will correctly defer it another RCU grace period.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21655"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-20T14:15:27Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring/eventfd: ensure io_eventfd_signal() defers another RCU period\n\nio_eventfd_do_signal() is invoked from an RCU callback, but when\ndropping the reference to the io_ev_fd, it calls io_eventfd_free()\ndirectly if the refcount drops to zero. This isn\u0027t correct, as any\npotential freeing of the io_ev_fd should be deferred another RCU grace\nperiod.\n\nJust call io_eventfd_put() rather than open-code the dec-and-test and\nfree, which will correctly defer it another RCU grace period.",
  "id": "GHSA-vwm2-fvjj-vcv3",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:32:14Z",
  "published": "2025-01-20T15:31:24Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"
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}


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