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CVE-2026-99058

workqueue: Fix NULL current_pwq deref in chained work check PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: workqueue: Fix NULL current_pwq deref in chained work check current_wq_worker() only tells us that %current is a kworker. It does not guarantee that the worker is currently executing a work item, as worker->current_pwq is populated only while process_one_work() is running the work function. is_chained_work() can be reached while queueing on a draining or destroying workqueue. If a kworker outside work-item execution reaches that path, current_wq_worker() returns a worker but worker->current_pwq is NULL, and the chained-work test can fault before it emits the intended warning. Guard the chained-work test with worker->current_pwq. A kworker without current_pwq is not executing work on the target workqueue, so the helper should return false and let the draining/destroying warning fire.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 8d03ecfe471802d6afe97da97722b6924533aa82 before 3dc61af2998cfc7312d6e59bbdcd5eed074483f2; affected 8d03ecfe471802d6afe97da97722b6924533aa82 before 729d576df89c7e4341e58c452f8890620a610ac2; affected 8d03ecfe471802d6afe97da97722b6924533aa82 before b12a25fb2b9d5dac80e419d695450cc17a51fdfd; affected 8d03ecfe471802d6afe97da97722b6924533aa82 before 1a2668682e998039a027796b236319b380078a6a; affected 8d03ecfe471802d6afe97da97722b6924533aa82 before 980db94e3eeefdd8a1c46f86412c33a7f7806f51
Linux / Linuxaffected 3.9; unaffected 0 before 3.9; unaffected 6.6.160 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.113 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.57 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.11 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

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