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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zstd: fix lost wakeup when waiting for a workspace A writer can sleep for...

Original description

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zstd: fix lost wakeup when waiting for a workspace A writer can sleep forever in zstd_get_workspace() even though a workspace is free. When zstd_alloc_workspace() fails, the task is queued on zwsm->wait and schedules unconditionally, never re-testing the pool. zstd_put_workspace() publishes the workspace and then calls cond_wake_up(), which only wakes when a sleeper is already visible, so a workspace returned between the failed allocation and prepare_to_wait() wakes nobody. The window is wide: zstd_alloc_workspace() goes through kvmalloc() and may enter reclaim. Only a max level workspace triggers the wakeup and one is deliberately kept allocated as the fallback every waiter waits for, so once its wakeup is lost the writer stays in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE until some other task happens to return one. Re-check the pool after prepare_to_wait() has published the waiter, and use the workspace if one turned up.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.7-1"}]}]

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