CVE-2026-43115
srcu: Use irq_work to start GP in tiny SRCU
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Use irq_work to start GP in tiny SRCU Tiny SRCU's srcu_gp_start_if_needed() directly calls schedule_work(),
which acquires the workqueue pool->lock. This causes a lockdep splat when call_srcu() is called with a scheduler
lock held, due to: call_srcu() [holding pi_lock] srcu_gp_start_if_needed() schedule_work() -> pool->lock workqueue_init() / create_worker() [holding pool->lock] wake_up_process() -> try_to_wake_up() -> pi_lock Also add irq_work_sync() to cleanup_srcu_struct() to prevent a
use-after-free if a queued irq_work fires after cleanup begins. Tested with rcutorture SRCU-T and no lockdep warnings. [ Thanks to Boqun for similar fix in patch "rcu: Use an intermediate irq_work
to start process_srcu()" ]
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2026-05-01 CVE Reserved
- 2026-05-06 CVE Published
- 2026-05-11 CVE Updated
- 2026-05-12 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8be81735aa89413b333de488251f0e64e2be591 | Vuln. Introduced |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb37286db65368cb72ba8757ad86299c4e4a73fc | 2026-04-22 | |
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6fc88b22bc8d12ad52e8412c667ec0f5bf055af | 2026-03-25 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.12 < 6.19.14 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.12 < 6.19.14" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.12 < 7.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.12 < 7.0" | en |
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