CVE-2026-64250

LoongArch: Report dying CPU to RCU in stop_this_cpu()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 24, 2026 at 03:31 PM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Report dying CPU to RCU in stop_this_cpu() This is a port of MIPS commit 9f3f3bdc6d9dac1 ("MIPS: smp: report dying CPU to RCU in stop_this_cpu()"). smp_send_stop() parks all secondary CPUs in stop_this_cpu(). And the function marks the CPU offline for the scheduler via set_cpu_online(false) but never informs RCU, so RCU keeps expecting a quiescent state from CPUs that are now spinning forever with interrupts disabled. As long as nothing waits for an RCU grace period after smp_send_stop() this is harmless, which is why it went unnoticed. However, since commit 91840be8f710370 ("irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT"), irq_work_sync() calls synchronize_rcu() on architectures without an irq_work self-IPI, i.e. where arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() returns false. Any irq_work_sync() issued in the reboot/shutdown/halt path after smp_send_stop() then blocks on a grace period that can never complete, hanging the reboot: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 15 at kernel/irq_work.c:144 irq_work_queue_on ... rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Offline CPU 1 blocking current GP. rcu: Offline CPU 2 blocking current GP. rcu: Offline CPU 3 blocking current GP. This issue needs some hacks to reproduce, and it was not noticed on LoongArch because arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() usually returns true. Call rcutree_report_cpu_dead() once interrupts are disabled, mirroring the generic CPU-hotplug offline path, so RCU stops waiting on the parked CPUs and grace periods can still complete. LoongArch shuts down all CPUs here without going through the CPU-hotplug mechanism, so this report is not otherwise issued.

Affected

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

v ≥ 7.0.116.1.175 ≤ v < 6.1.1786.12.92 ≤ v < 6.12.956.18.34 ≤ v < 6.18.386.6.142 ≤ v < 6.6.1457.0.11 ≤ v < 7.17.1 ≤ v < 7.1.37.1 ≤ v < 7.27.1.1 ≤ v < 7.1.318c0456ea2615b1a743a6db739c74411c3b42bc62dc79362302922cb18f35e262712b5e58de654426.1.1756.12.926.18.346.6.142684a78183c54c23e70d1cba320f7fc184604210b7.0.117.17.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc67.1 rc781b582784518196eff1050212a046bc29d3a05dd91840be8f710370607f949a627e070896faeddb8eef4f71b46a9929ac33e968538c9dd5d96a02460
Vendor states this is fixed in 0833b2b84c2fc1387f8165f0cbf6a02d67f647a5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1fa22de588a65880d6fe54c38c87fffe7d519f60 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 262dadc619e69ebeb97affd334cd1078a9704e98 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 90e254f18b8c224460082329dd5c42fd30995c2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0269e928728f970c782319fee53d92d4ea4e512 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2539c56c74691e7a88af6372ba2b48c06ed2fe4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.95 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.38 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

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