CVE-2026-64211

srcu: Don't queue workqueue handlers to never-online CPUs

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 24, 2026 at 03:23 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 05:38 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Don't queue workqueue handlers to never-online CPUs While an srcu_struct structure is in the midst of switching from CPU-0 to all-CPUs state, it can attempt to invoke callbacks for CPUs that have never been online. Worse yet, it can attempt in invoke callbacks for CPUs that never will be online, even including imaginary CPUs not in cpu_possible_mask. This can cause hangs on s390, which is not set up to deal with workqueue handlers being scheduled on such CPUs. This commit therefore causes Tree SRCU to refrain from queueing workqueue handlers on CPUs that have not yet (and might never) come online. Because callbacks are not invoked on CPUs that have not been online, it is an error to invoke call_srcu(), synchronize_srcu(), or synchronize_srcu_expedited() on a CPU that is not yet fully online. However, it turns out to be less code to redirect the callbacks from too-early invocations of call_srcu() than to warn about such invocations. This commit therefore also redirects callbacks queued on not-yet-fully-online CPUs to the boot CPU.

Affected

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

7.0 ≤ v < 7.0.117.0 ≤ v < 7.17.0.1 ≤ v < 7.0.1161bbcfb50514a8a94e035a7349697a3790ab47837.07.0 rc67.0 rc77.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 593889c401426004bd0ea0f6d4fcece728b03420 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4153538fcd2361c4e0039eb103265492d26044e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

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

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