CVE-2026-98072

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/rds: use wq_has_sleeper() in release_in_xmit() release_in_xmit() clears RDS_IN_XMIT with clear_bit_unlock() and then checks waitqueue_active() to decide whether anyone needs waking. clear_bit_unlock() is only a release operation: it orders the critical section before the bit clear, but does not order the subsequent plain load of the wait queue head after it. The waiter side does the mirror image - it adds itself to the wait queue and then tests the bit. That is the classic store-buffering pattern: the releasing CPU can read the wait queue as empty while the waiting CPU still reads the bit as set, so the sleeper is never woken. The waiters are rds_conn_shutdown() and rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(), both in uninterruptible wait_event() with no timeout. A lost wake-up strands the shutdown worker on its single-threaded workqueue until some other sender releases the bit again - and on a connection that is being torn down precisely because it failed, there may never be another sender. The barrier used to be there: release_in_xmit() did clear_bit() followed by smp_mb__after_atomic() until commit 1422f28826d2 ("rds: introduce acquire/release ordering in acquire/release_in_xmit()") folded both into clear_bit_unlock(), which strengthened the lock hand-off but silently dropped the full barrier the wake-up check depends on. The refill counterpart, release_refill() in net/rds/ib_recv.c, still carries its smp_mb__after_atomic() for exactly this reason. Use wq_has_sleeper(), which is waitqueue_active() preceded by the required full barrier.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Undergoing Analysis

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-25 11:17:36.450000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:02.543000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:36.450",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:02.543",
  "vulnStatus": "Undergoing Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/rds: use wq_has_sleeper() in release_in_xmit()\n\nrelease_in_xmit() clears RDS_IN_XMIT with clear_bit_unlock() and then\nchecks waitqueue_active() to decide whether anyone needs waking.\nclear_bit_unlock() is only a release operation: it orders the\ncritical section before the bit clear, but does not order the\nsubsequent plain load of the wait queue head after it.  The waiter\nside does the mirror image - it adds itself to the wait queue and\nthen tests the bit.  That is the classic store-buffering pattern: the\nreleasing CPU can read the wait queue as empty while the waiting CPU\nstill reads the bit as set, so the sleeper is never woken.\n\nThe waiters are rds_conn_shutdown() and rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(),\nboth in uninterruptible wait_event() with no timeout.  A lost wake-up\nstrands the shutdown worker on its single-threaded workqueue until\nsome other sender releases the bit again - and on a connection that\nis being torn down precisely because it failed, there may never be\nanother sender.\n\nThe barrier used to be there: release_in_xmit() did clear_bit()\nfollowed by smp_mb__after_atomic() until commit 1422f28826d2 (\"rds:\nintroduce acquire/release ordering in acquire/release_in_xmit()\")\nfolded both into clear_bit_unlock(), which strengthened the lock\nhand-off but silently dropped the full barrier the wake-up check\ndepends on.  The refill counterpart, release_refill() in\nnet/rds/ib_recv.c, still carries its smp_mb__after_atomic() for\nexactly this reason.\n\nUse wq_has_sleeper(), which is waitqueue_active() preceded by the\nrequired full barrier."
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