In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
page_pool: avoid infinite loop to schedule delayed worker
We noticed the kworker in page_pool_release_retry() was waken
up repeatedly and infinitely in production because of the
buggy driver causing the inflight less than 0 and warning
us in page_pool_inflight()[1].
Since the inflight value goes negative, it means we should
not expect the whole page_pool to get back to work normally.
This patch mitigates the adverse effect by not rescheduling
the kworker when detecting the inflight negative in
page_pool_release_retry().
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[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Negative(-51446) inflight packet-pages
...
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Call Trace:
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] page_pool_release_retry+0x23/0x70
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x370
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] worker_thread+0x37/0x3a0
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] kthread+0x11a/0x140
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? process_one_work+0x370/0x370
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? __kthread_cancel_work+0x40/0x40
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ---[ end trace ebffe800f33e7e34 ]---
Note: before this patch, the above calltrace would flood the
dmesg due to repeated reschedule of release_dw kworker.
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History
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: page_pool: avoid infinite loop to schedule delayed worker We noticed the kworker in page_pool_release_retry() was waken up repeatedly and infinitely in production because of the buggy driver causing the inflight less than 0 and warning us in page_pool_inflight()[1]. Since the inflight value goes negative, it means we should not expect the whole page_pool to get back to work normally. This patch mitigates the adverse effect by not rescheduling the kworker when detecting the inflight negative in page_pool_release_retry(). [1] [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Negative(-51446) inflight packet-pages ... [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Call Trace: [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] page_pool_release_retry+0x23/0x70 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x370 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] worker_thread+0x37/0x3a0 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] kthread+0x11a/0x140 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? process_one_work+0x370/0x370 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? __kthread_cancel_work+0x40/0x40 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ---[ end trace ebffe800f33e7e34 ]--- Note: before this patch, the above calltrace would flood the dmesg due to repeated reschedule of release_dw kworker. | |
| Title | page_pool: avoid infinite loop to schedule delayed worker | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-05-09T06:42:06.596Z
Updated: 2025-05-09T06:42:06.596Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.957Z
Link: CVE-2025-37859
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2025-05-09T07:16:06.960
Modified: 2025-05-09T07:16:06.960
Link: CVE-2025-37859
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