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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-21786

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 2/26/2025 10:15:19 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

workqueue: Put the pwq after detaching the rescuer from the pool

The commit 68f83057b913("workqueue: Reap workers via kthread_stop() and
remove detach_completion") adds code to reap the normal workers but
mistakenly does not handle the rescuer and also removes the code waiting
for the rescuer in put_unbound_pool(), which caused a use-after-free bug
reported by Cheung Wall.

To avoid the use-after-free bug, the pool’s reference must be held until
the detachment is complete. Therefore, move the code that puts the pwq
after detaching the rescuer from the pool.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/835b69c868f53f959d4986bbecd561ba6f38e492
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e76946110137703c16423baf6ee177b751a34b7e
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7c16028a424dd35be1064a68fa318be4359310f