CVE-2026-53180

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: timers/migration: Fix livelock in tmigr_handle_remote_up() tmigr_handle_remote_cpu() skips timer_expire_remote() when cpu == smp_processor_id(), assuming the local softirq path already handled this CPU's timers. This assumption is wrong because jiffies can advance after the handling of the CPU's global timers in run_timer_base(BASE_GLOBAL) and before tmigr_handle_remote() evaluates the expiry times. As a consequence a timer which expires after the CPU local timer wheel advanced and becomes expired in the remote handling is ignored and the callback is never invoked and removed from the timer wheel. What's worse is that fetch_next_timer_interrupt_remote() keeps reporting it as expired, and the event is re-queued with expires == now on each iteration. The goto-again loop spins indefinitely. Fix this by calling timer_expire_remote() unconditionally. That's minimal overhead for the common case as __run_timer_base() returns immediately if there is nothing to expire in the local wheel. [ tglx: Amend change log and add a comment ]
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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Jul 2026, 12:43

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-667
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b3b83587fb3012619f4439389b64a955fc7836 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b3b83587fb3012619f4439389b64a955fc7836 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6c2062b77be09ec15d6bf637b2e2221c4482fc - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6c2062b77be09ec15d6bf637b2e2221c4482fc - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d338e61ea94052a786aac9f58e9f0d8520afa0fd - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d338e61ea94052a786aac9f58e9f0d8520afa0fd - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d486b4934a8e504376b85cdb3766f306d57aff5b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d486b4934a8e504376b85cdb3766f306d57aff5b - Patch

28 Jun 2026, 08:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

25 Jun 2026, 09:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-25 09:16

Updated : 2026-07-06 12:43


NVD link : CVE-2026-53180

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53180

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53180


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-667

Improper Locking