CVE-2026-98079— btrfs: zstd: fix lost wakeup when waiting for a workspace
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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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在 Linux 内核中，以下漏洞已得到修复： btrfs: zstd: 修复在等待工作空间（workspace）时丢失唤醒信号的问题 即使存在空闲的工作空间，写入线程仍可能在 中永久休眠。当 分配失败时，任务会被无条件地加入 等待队列并进行调度，而不再重新检查工作空间池。 会发布工作空间并调用 ，但 仅在休眠者已被可见时才执行唤醒操作；因此，如果在分配失败和 执行之间返回了工作空间，将无人被唤醒。该竞态条件窗口较宽： 经过 调用，可能进入内存回收（reclaim）流程。 仅最大压缩级别的工作空间会触发唤醒，并且其中
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T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege EscalationAffected Version Matrix 8
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3f93aef535c8ea03e40cd8acf0753b3e6ed33e96< d8f57049521948df5f50797141472fbbed3b0723 |
affected |
3f93aef535c8ea03e40cd8acf0753b3e6ed33e96< 0de9f31d447ae71ab08c7850a321682f8d2907c3 |
affected | ||
3f93aef535c8ea03e40cd8acf0753b3e6ed33e96< 2acb9f3d1cc8f65dc81ed55e238cbf8e5b60bff7 |
affected | ||
5.1 |
affected | ||
< 5.1 |
unaffected | ||
6.18.53≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
7.2.7≤ 7.2.* |
unaffected | ||
7.3-rc2≤ * |
unaffected |
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-98079
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Vulnerability Title
btrfs: zstd: fix lost wakeup when waiting for a workspace
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zstd: fix lost wakeup when waiting for a workspace
A writer can sleep forever in zstd_get_workspace() even though a workspace
is free. When zstd_alloc_workspace() fails, the task is queued on
zwsm->wait and schedules unconditionally, never re-testing the pool.
zstd_put_workspace() publishes the workspace and then calls cond_wake_up(),
which only wakes when a sleeper is already visible, so a workspace returned
between the failed allocation and prepare_to_wait() wakes nobody. The
window is wide: zstd_alloc_workspace() goes through kvmalloc() and may
enter reclaim.
Only a max level workspace triggers the wakeup and one is deliberately kept
allocated as the fallback every waiter waits for, so once its wakeup is
lost the writer stays in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE until some other task happens
to return one. Re-check the pool after prepare_to_wait() has published the
waiter, and use the workspace if one turned up.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-98079 (3)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-25 · 372 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-100075 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/srpt: Fix srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() unwind counters |
| CVE-2026-97555 | 8.8 HIGH | smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite |
| CVE-2026-97957 | 8.8 HIGH | net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow |
| CVE-2026-97527 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock |
| CVE-2026-97528 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS reject error |
| CVE-2026-98115 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: safely drain sessions during logoff |
| CVE-2026-97525 | 8.2 HIGH | x86/mm/pat: Allocate split page tables as kernel page tables |
| CVE-2026-98069 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire the fastpath locks in rds_conn_shutdown() |
| CVE-2026-97573 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset() |
| CVE-2026-97570 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Bound SW TPA IDs to prevent crashes |
| CVE-2026-98130 | 8.1 HIGH | sctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START |
| CVE-2026-98070 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire RDS_IN_XMIT in rds_tcp_reset_callbacks() |
| CVE-2026-98002 | 7.8 HIGH | iommu/amd: Fix ineffective error check in nested domain allocation |
| CVE-2026-97575 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate AV1 tile counts |
| CVE-2026-97576 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC tile counts |
| CVE-2026-97941 | 7.8 HIGH | mm/slab: take n->list_lock in __slab_try_return_freelist() to avoid race |
| CVE-2026-98112 | 7.8 HIGH | ksmbd: fix listener task lifetime on netdev events |
| CVE-2026-97937 | 7.8 HIGH | ftrace: fork: Initialize function graph state before copy_exec_state() |
| CVE-2026-97580 | 7.8 HIGH | media: rkvdec: bound HEVC tile loops and PPS id to the array capacity |
| CVE-2026-97940 | 7.8 HIGH | ipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop |
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