srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-53671
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-07 16:15:51 UTC
Updated2026-11-05 21:17:31 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL Commit 994f706872e6 ("srcu: Make Tree SRCU able to operate without snp_node array") assumes that cpu 0 is always online. However, there really are situations when some other CPU is the boot CPU, for example, when booting a kdump kernel with the maxcpus=1 boot parameter. On PowerPC, the kdump kernel can hang as follows: ... [ 1.740036] systemd[1]: Hostname set to <xyz.com> [ 243.686240] INFO: task systemd:1 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686264] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686272] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686281] task:systemd state:D stack:0 pid:1 ppid:0 flags:0x00042000 [ 243.686296] Call Trace: [ 243.686301] [c000000016657640] [c000000016657670] 0xc000000016657670 (unreliable) [ 243.686317] [c000000016657830] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686333] [c000000016657890] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x580 [ 243.686347] [c000000016657940] [c000000010f60bb4] schedule+0x74/0x140 [ 243.686361] [c0000000166579b0] [c000000010f699b8] schedule_timeout+0x168/0x1c0 [ 243.686374] [c000000016657a80] [c000000010f61de8] __wait_for_common+0x148/0x360 [ 243.686387] [c000000016657b20] [c000000010176bb0] __flush_work.isra.0+0x1c0/0x3d0 [ 243.686401] [c000000016657bb0] [c0000000105f2768] fsnotify_wait_marks_destroyed+0x28/0x40 [ 243.686415] [c000000016657bd0] [c0000000105f21b8] fsnotify_destroy_group+0x68/0x160 [ 243.686428] [c000000016657c40] [c0000000105f6500] inotify_release+0x30/0xa0 [ 243.686440] [c000000016657cb0] [c0000000105751a8] __fput+0xc8/0x350 [ 243.686452] [c000000016657d00] [c00000001017d524] task_work_run+0xe4/0x170 [ 243.686464] [c000000016657d50] [c000000010020e94] do_notify_resume+0x134/0x140 [ 243.686478] [c000000016657d80] [c00000001002eb18] interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x198/0x270 [ 243.686493] [c000000016657de0] [c00000001002ec60] syscall_exit_prepare+0x70/0x180 [ 243.686505] [c000000016657e10] [c00000001000bf7c] system_call_vectored_common+0xfc/0x280 [ 243.686520] --- interrupt: 3000 at 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686528] NIP: 00007fffa47d5ba4 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: 0000000000000000 [ 243.686538] REGS: c000000016657e80 TRAP: 3000 Not tainted (6.1.0-rc1) [ 243.686548] MSR: 800000000000d033 <SF,EE,PR,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 42044440 XER: 00000000 [ 243.686572] IRQMASK: 0 [ 243.686572] GPR00: 0000000000000006 00007ffffa606710 00007fffa48e7200 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR04: 0000000000000002 000000000000000a 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 243.686572] GPR08: 000001000c172dd0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR12: 0000000000000000 00007fffa4ff4bc0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR20: 0000000132dfdc50 000000000000000e 0000000000189375 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR24: 00007ffffa606ae0 0000000000000005 000001000c185490 000001000c172570 [ 243.686572] GPR28: 000001000c172990 000001000c184850 000001000c172e00 00007fffa4fedd98 [ 243.686683] NIP [00007fffa47d5ba4] 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686691] LR [0000000000000000] 0x0 [ 243.686698] --- interrupt: 3000 [ 243.686708] INFO: task kworker/u16:1:24 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686717] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686724] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686733] task:kworker/u16:1 state:D stack:0 pid:24 ppid:2 flags:0x00000800 [ 243.686747] Workqueue: events_unbound fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn [ 243.686758] Call Trace: [ 243.686762] [c0000000166736e0] [c00000004fd91000] 0xc00000004fd91000 (unreliable) [ 243.686775] [c0000000166738d0] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686788] [c000000016673930] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x ---truncated---

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 2c4d26dad76eadaa45a24543e311e9ce5d09f04e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 c7c0bc03fa44942fe0fdc5ac52cda6e11529c0ea git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 7f24626d6dd844bfc6d1f492d214d29c86d02550 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.19 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.19 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.16 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.2.3 6.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.3 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f24626d6dd844bfc6d1f492d214d29c86d02550 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c0bc03fa44942fe0fdc5ac52cda6e11529c0ea 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4d26dad76eadaa45a24543e311e9ce5d09f04e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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