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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode\n\nCommit b0473dcd4b1d (\"smp: Improve smp_call_function_single()\nCSD-lock diagnostics\") changed smp_call_function_single() so that,\nwhen CSD lock debugging is enabled, async !wait calls use the\ndestination CPU csd_data. That improves diagnostics, but it also removes\nthe single-writer property that made the old csd_lock() safe: multiple\nCPUs can now prepare the same destination CPU CSD concurrently.\n\ncsd_lock() currently waits for CSD_FLAG_LOCK to clear and then sets the\nbit with a non-atomic read-modify-write. Two senders can both see an\nunlocked CSD, set the bit, overwrite the callback fields, and enqueue\nthe same llist node. Re-adding a node that is already the queue head can\nmake node-\u003enext point to itself, leaving the target CPU stuck walking\ncall_single_queue. Later synchronous work, such as a TLB shootdown, can\nthen remain queued and trigger soft-lockup warnings or panics.\n\nKeep the single csd_lock() implementation, but when CSD lock debugging is\nenabled, acquire CSD_FLAG_LOCK with try_cmpxchg_acquire(). This makes the\ndestination CPU CSD a real atomic lock in the only configuration where it\ncan be shared by multiple remote senders, while preserving the existing\nnon-debug fast path."
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