CVE-2021-28951

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-28951  

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) because exit may be waiting to park a SQPOLL thread, but concurrently that SQPOLL thread is waiting for a signal to start, aka CID-3ebba796fa25.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) because exit may be waiting to park a SQPOLL thread, but concurrently that SQPOLL thread is waiting for a signal to start, aka CID-3ebba796fa25.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1941769: CVE-2021-28951 kernel: DoS because of deadlock in fs/io_uring.c
  • CWE-667: Improper Locking
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-28951