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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-39508"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-07-12T12:20:39.607Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:33:51.352Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-39508"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-39508.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39508"
title: "io_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker-\u003eflags"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker-\u003eflags\n\nUtilize set_bit() and test_bit() on worker-\u003eflags within io_uring/io-wq\nto address potential data races.\n\nThe structure io_worker-\u003eflags may be accessed through various data\npaths, leading to concurrency issues. When KCSAN is enabled, it reveals\ndata races occurring in io_worker_handle_work and\nio_wq_activate_free_worker functions.\n\n\t BUG: KCSAN: data-race in io_worker_handle_work / io_wq_activate_free_worker\n\t write to 0xffff8885c4246404 of 4 bytes by task 49071 on cpu 28:\n\t io_worker_handle_work (io_uring/io-wq.c:434 io_uring/io-wq.c:569)\n\t io_wq_worker (io_uring/io-wq.c:?)\n\u003csnip\u003e\n\n\t read to 0xffff8885c4246404 of 4 bytes by task 49024 on cpu 5:\n\t io_wq_activate_free_worker (io_uring/io-wq.c:? io_uring/io-wq.c:285)\n\t io_wq_enqueue (io_uring/io-wq.c:947)\n\t io_queue_iowq (io_uring/io_uring.c:524)\n\t io_req_task_submit (io_uring/io_uring.c:1511)\n\t io_handle_tw_list (io_uring/io_uring.c:1198)\n\u003csnip\u003e\n\nLine numbers against commit 18daea77cca6 (\"Merge tag 'for-linus' of\ngit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm\").\n\nThese races involve writes and reads to the same memory location by\ndifferent tasks running on different CPUs. To mitigate this, refactor\nthe code to use atomic operations such as set_bit(), test_bit(), and\nclear_bit() instead of basic \"and\" and \"or\" operations. This ensures\nthread-safe manipulation of worker flags.\n\nAlso, move `create_index` to avoid holes in the structure."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ab702c3483db9046bab9f40306f1a28b22dbbdc0"},{"version":"2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1cbb0affb15470a9621267fe0a8568007553a4bf"},{"version":"2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8a565304927fbd28c9f028c492b5c1714002cbab"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.1"},{"version":"6.6.35","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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