CVE-2021-47163

tipc: wait and exit until all work queues are done

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 25, 2024 at 09:16 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: wait and exit until all work queues are done On some host, a crash could be triggered simply by repeating these commands several times: # modprobe tipc # tipc bearer enable media udp name UDP1 localip 127.0.0.1 # rmmod tipc [] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc096bb00 [] Workqueue: events 0xffffffffc096bb00 [] Call Trace: [] ? process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 [] ? worker_thread+0x30/0x390 [] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [] ? kthread+0x116/0x130 [] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 [] ? ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 When removing the TIPC module, the UDP tunnel sock will be delayed to release in a work queue as sock_release() can't be done in rtnl_lock(). If the work queue is schedule to run after the TIPC module is removed, kernel will crash as the work queue function cleanup_beareri() code no longer exists when trying to invoke it. To fix it, this patch introduce a member wq_count in tipc_net to track the numbers of work queues in schedule, and wait and exit until all work queues are done in tipc_exit_net().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.1 ≤ v < 5.10.424.1 ≤ v < 5.12.94.1 ≤ v < 5.134.1 ≤ v < 5.4.1245.11 ≤ v < 5.12.95.5 ≤ v < 5.10.425.13 rc15.13 rc25.13 rc3d0f91938bede204a343473792529e0db7d599836
Vendor states this is fixed in 4c26faa51d1e2fe71cf13c45791f5174c37f986 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5195ec5e365a2a9331bfeb585b613a6e94f98dba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b9f5b7ad4ac3af006443f535b1ce7bff1d130d7d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d1f76dfadaf8f47ed1753f97dbcbd41c16215ffa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.124 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c26faa51d1e2fe71cf13c45791f5174c37f986
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5195ec5e365a2a9331bfeb585b613a6e94f98dba
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9f5b7ad4ac3af006443f535b1ce7bff1d130d7d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f76dfadaf8f47ed1753f97dbcbd41c16215ffa

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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