CVE-2021-46942

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[ 736.982897] Seguimiento de llamadas: [ 736.982901] agenda+0x68/0xe0 [ 736.982903] io_uring_cancel_sqpoll+0xdb/0x110 [ 736.982908] io_sqpoll_cancel_cb+0x24/0x30 [ 736.982911] io_run_task_work_head+0x28/0x50 [ 736.982913] io_sq_thread+0x4e3/0x720 Llamamos a io_uring_cancel_sqpoll( ) uno por uno para cada ctx, ya sea en sq_thread() o mediante tareas, y est\u00e1 destinado a cancelar todas las solicitudes de un contexto espec\u00edfico. Sin embargo, la funci\u00f3n utiliza contadores por tarea para rastrear la cantidad de solicitudes en curso, por lo que cuenta m\u00e1s solicitudes de las disponibles a trav\u00e9s de currect io_uring ctx y se pone en suspensi\u00f3n para que aparezcan (por ejemplo, desde IRQ), eso nunca suceder\u00e1. Cancele un poco m\u00e1s que antes, es decir, todos los ctx que comparten sqpoll y contin\u00faan usando contadores compartidos. No olvide que no debemos eliminar ctx de la lista antes de ejecutar task_work sqpoll-cancel; de lo contrario, la funci\u00f3n no podr\u00e1 encontrar el contexto y se bloquear\u00e1."}], "id": "CVE-2021-46942", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:15:55.907", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2021-46942", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T16:01:51.334180Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2024-02-27T19:04:06.017", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734551df6f9bedfbefcd113ede665945e9de0b99"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5e0b3d0f993a6268c1a2c7ede2f9aa0c17ef68"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734551df6f9bedfbefcd113ede665945e9de0b99"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5e0b3d0f993a6268c1a2c7ede2f9aa0c17ef68"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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