GHSA-5hxm-7wcj-79fvHighCVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Stop remote...

Published
September 11, 2026
Last Modified
September 13, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails

The remote swap_reader_page callback can return -EBUSY when the writer moves the head before the remote catches it, particularly during an event storm on a small buffer. __rb_get_reader_page_from_remote() currently warns about that failure but continues with the unchanged reader ID and rearranges the local page list as though the swap succeeded.

Handle the callback failure as a recoverable error. Report it with pr_warn_ratelimited() and return NULL. Callers already handle a NULL reader page as a failed attempt. This avoids splicing the same page as both the previous and new reader without flooding the log under contention.

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