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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-39953" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-04T07:31:13.237Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:08:38.925Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" 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-2025-39953" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39953.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39953" title: "cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues\n\nA hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly\nmounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with\nsystemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in\ncgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.\n\nRelated case:\ncgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event\ncgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio\n\nCall Trace:\n\tcgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8\n\tcgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0\n\tcss_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338\n\tprocess_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8\n\tworker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0\n\tkthread+0xec/0x100\n\tret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nRoot Cause:\n\nCPU0 CPU1\nmount perf_event umount net_prio\ncgroup1_get_tree cgroup_kill_sb\nrebind_subsystems // root destruction enqueues\n\t\t\t\t// cgroup_destroy_wq\n// kill all perf_event css\n // one perf_event css A is dying\n // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq\n // root destruction will be executed first\n css_free_rwork_fn\n cgroup_destroy_root\n cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline\n // some perf descendants are dying\n // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1\n // waiting for css A to die\n\nProblem scenario:\n1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)\n2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work\n3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction\n4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is\n blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)\n\nSolution:\nSplit cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:\ncgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations\ncgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release\ncgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation\n\nThis separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for\noffline operations to complete.\n\n[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cabadd7fd15f97090f752fd22dd7f876a0dc3dc4"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a0c896bda7077aa5005473e2c5b3c27173313b4c"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f2795d1b92506e3adf52a298f7181032a1525e04"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"993049c9b1355c78918344a6403427d53f9ee700"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4a1e3ec28e8062cd9f339aa6a942df9c5bcb6811"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ded4d207a3209a834b6831ceec7f39b934c74802"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"05e0b03447cf215ec384210441b34b7a3b16e8b0"},{"version":"334c3679ec4b2b113c35ebe37d2018b112dd5013","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.6"},{"version":"5.4.300","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.245","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.194","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.154","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.108","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.49","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.16.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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