CVE-2025-21786

EUVD-2025-5141
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

workqueue: Put the pwq after detaching the rescuer from the pool

The commit 68f83057b913("workqueue: Reap workers via kthread_stop() and
remove detach_completion") adds code to reap the normal workers but
mistakenly does not handle the rescuer and also removes the code waiting
for the rescuer in put_unbound_pool(), which caused a use-after-free bug
reported by Cheung Wall.

To avoid the use-after-free bug, the pool’s reference must be held until
the detachment is complete. Therefore, move the code that puts the pwq
after detaching the rescuer from the pool.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 2%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 6.12.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.13.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.9-1
fixed
sid
7.0.10-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.90-2
fixed
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
kernel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-devel-matched
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-64k-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-abi-stablelists
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-devel-matched
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-debug-uki-virt
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-devel-matched
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-doc
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-rt-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-tools
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-tools-libs
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-tools-libs-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-uki-virt
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-uki-virt-addons
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-devel
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-modules
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
libperf
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
perf
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
python3-perf
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
rtla
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed
rv
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
fixed