CVE-2025-39744 (GCVE-0-2025-39744)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 16:52 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:35
VLAI
Title
rcu: Fix rcu_read_unlock() deadloop due to IRQ work
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu: Fix rcu_read_unlock() deadloop due to IRQ work During rcu_read_unlock_special(), if this happens during irq_exit(), we can lockup if an IPI is issued. This is because the IPI itself triggers the irq_exit() path causing a recursive lock up. This is precisely what Xiongfeng found when invoking a BPF program on the trace_tick_stop() tracepoint As shown in the trace below. Fix by managing the irq_work state correctly. irq_exit() __irq_exit_rcu() /* in_hardirq() returns false after this */ preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET) tick_irq_exit() tick_nohz_irq_exit() tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() trace_tick_stop() /* a bpf prog is hooked on this trace point */ __bpf_trace_tick_stop() bpf_trace_run2() rcu_read_unlock_special() /* will send a IPI to itself */ irq_work_queue_on(&rdp->defer_qs_iw, rdp->cpu); A simple reproducer can also be obtained by doing the following in tick_irq_exit(). It will hang on boot without the patch: static inline void tick_irq_exit(void) { + rcu_read_lock(); + WRITE_ONCE(current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs, true); + rcu_read_unlock(); + [neeraj: Apply Frederic's suggested fix for PREEMPT_RT]
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0864f057b050bc6dd68106b3185e02db5140012d , < e7a375453cca2b8a0d2fa1b82b913f3fed7c0507 (git)
Affected: 0864f057b050bc6dd68106b3185e02db5140012d , < 1cfa244f7198d325594e627574930b7b91df5bfe (git)
Affected: 0864f057b050bc6dd68106b3185e02db5140012d , < ddebb2a7677673cf4438a04e1a48b8ed6b0c8e9a (git)
Affected: 0864f057b050bc6dd68106b3185e02db5140012d , < 56c5ef194f4509df63fc0f7a91ea5973ce479b1e (git)
Affected: 0864f057b050bc6dd68106b3185e02db5140012d , < b41642c87716bbd09797b1e4ea7d904f06c39b7b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.103 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.43 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.11 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.2 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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