CVE-2026-80866

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: avoid busy looping in tipc_exit_net() Blamed commit introduced a busy-wait loop in tipc_exit_net() to wait for pending UDP bearer cleanup works to complete: while (atomic_read(&tn->wq_count)) cond_resched(); This loop can busy-wait for a long time if cond_resched() is a NOP. This typically happens if the netns exit is executed by a high priority task, or under kernels configured without preemption (CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE). In such cases, it wastes CPU cycles and can lead to soft lockups. Fix this by replacing the busy loop with wait_var_event(), allowing the thread to sleep properly until the work queue count reaches zero. Accordingly, update cleanup_bearer() to use atomic_dec_and_test() and wake_up_var() to wake up the waiter when the count drops to zero. This uses the global wait queue hash table, avoiding the need to bloat struct tipc_net with a wait_queue_head_t. The atomic_dec_and_test() provides the necessary memory barrier to ensure the wakeup is not missed.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-04 17:16:58.390000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:20:13.230000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-04T17:16:58.390",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:20:13.230",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: avoid busy looping in tipc_exit_net()\n\nBlamed commit introduced a busy-wait loop in tipc_exit_net()\nto wait for pending UDP bearer cleanup works to complete:\n\n       while (atomic_read(&tn->wq_count))\n               cond_resched();\n\nThis loop can busy-wait for a long time if cond_resched() is a NOP. This\ntypically happens if the netns exit is executed by a high priority task,\nor under kernels configured without preemption (CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE). In\nsuch cases, it wastes CPU cycles and can lead to soft lockups.\n\nFix this by replacing the busy loop with wait_var_event(), allowing the\nthread to sleep properly until the work queue count reaches zero.\n\nAccordingly, update cleanup_bearer() to use atomic_dec_and_test() and\nwake_up_var() to wake up the waiter when the count drops to zero.\n\nThis uses the global wait queue hash table, avoiding the need to bloat\nstruct tipc_net with a wait_queue_head_t. The atomic_dec_and_test()\nprovides the necessary memory barrier to ensure the wakeup is not missed."
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