{"id":"CVE-2024-46704","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"workqueue: Fix spruious data race in __flush_work()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nworkqueue: Fix spruious data race in __flush_work()\n\nWhen flushing a work item for cancellation, __flush_work() knows that it\nexclusively owns the work item through its PENDING bit. 134874e2eee9\n(\"workqueue: Allow cancel_work_sync() and disable_work() from atomic\ncontexts on BH work items\") added a read of @work->data to determine whether\nto use busy wait for BH work items that are being canceled. While the read\nis safe when @from_cancel, @work->data was read before testing @from_cancel\nto simplify code structure:\n\n\tdata = *work_data_bits(work);\n\tif (from_cancel &&\n\t    !WARN_ON_ONCE(data & WORK_STRUCT_PWQ) && (data & WORK_OFFQ_BH)) {\n\nWhile the read data was never used if !@from_cancel, this could trigger\nKCSAN data race detection spuriously:\n\n  ==================================================================\n  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __flush_work / __flush_work\n\n  write to 0xffff8881223aa3e8 of 8 bytes by task 3998 on cpu 0:\n   instrument_write include/linux/instrumented.h:41 [inline]\n   ___set_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:28 [inline]\n   insert_wq_barrier kernel/workqueue.c:3790 [inline]\n   start_flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4142 [inline]\n   __flush_work+0x30b/0x570 kernel/workqueue.c:4178\n   flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4229 [inline]\n   ...\n\n  read to 0xffff8881223aa3e8 of 8 bytes by task 50 on cpu 1:\n   __flush_work+0x42a/0x570 kernel/workqueue.c:4188\n   flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4229 [inline]\n   flush_delayed_work+0x66/0x70 kernel/workqueue.c:4251\n   ...\n\n  value changed: 0x0000000000400000 -> 0xffff88810006c00d\n\nReorganize the code so that @from_cancel is tested before @work->data is\naccessed. The only problem is triggering KCSAN detection spuriously. This\nshouldn't need READ_ONCE() or other access qualifiers.\n\nNo functional changes.","publishedAt":"2024-09-13T06:27:31.822Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T20:34:46.394Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"134874e2eee9380c2700411d4844cbc29297bc01","status":"affected","lessThan":"91d09642127a32fde231face2ff489af70eef316","versionType":"git"},{"version":"134874e2eee9380c2700411d4844cbc29297bc01","status":"affected","lessThan":"8bc35475ef1a23b0e224f3242eb11c76cab0ea88","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/workqueue.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.10","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/workqueue.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d09642127a32fde231face2ff489af70eef316","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc35475ef1a23b0e224f3242eb11c76cab0ea88"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:07:47.831Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46704.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-46704","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-09-13T06:27:31.822Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T20:34:46.394Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-09-11T15:12:18.251Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"workqueue: Fix spruious data race in __flush_work()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nworkqueue: Fix spruious data race in __flush_work()\n\nWhen flushing a work item for cancellation, __flush_work() knows that it\nexclusively owns the work item through its PENDING bit. 134874e2eee9\n(\"workqueue: Allow cancel_work_sync() and disable_work() from atomic\ncontexts on BH work items\") added a read of @work->data to determine whether\nto use busy wait for BH work items that are being canceled. While the read\nis safe when @from_cancel, @work->data was read before testing @from_cancel\nto simplify code structure:\n\n\tdata = *work_data_bits(work);\n\tif (from_cancel &&\n\t    !WARN_ON_ONCE(data & WORK_STRUCT_PWQ) && (data & WORK_OFFQ_BH)) {\n\nWhile the read data was never used if !@from_cancel, this could trigger\nKCSAN data race detection spuriously:\n\n  ==================================================================\n  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __flush_work / __flush_work\n\n  write to 0xffff8881223aa3e8 of 8 bytes by task 3998 on cpu 0:\n   instrument_write include/linux/instrumented.h:41 [inline]\n   ___set_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:28 [inline]\n   insert_wq_barrier kernel/workqueue.c:3790 [inline]\n   start_flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4142 [inline]\n   __flush_work+0x30b/0x570 kernel/workqueue.c:4178\n   flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4229 [inline]\n   ...\n\n  read to 0xffff8881223aa3e8 of 8 bytes by task 50 on cpu 1:\n   __flush_work+0x42a/0x570 kernel/workqueue.c:4188\n   flush_work kernel/workqueue.c:4229 [inline]\n   flush_delayed_work+0x66/0x70 kernel/workqueue.c:4251\n   ...\n\n  value changed: 0x0000000000400000 -> 0xffff88810006c00d\n\nReorganize the code so that @from_cancel is tested before @work->data is\naccessed. The only problem is triggering KCSAN detection spuriously. This\nshouldn't need READ_ONCE() or other access qualifiers.\n\nNo functional changes."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"134874e2eee9380c2700411d4844cbc29297bc01","status":"affected","lessThan":"91d09642127a32fde231face2ff489af70eef316","versionType":"git"},{"version":"134874e2eee9380c2700411d4844cbc29297bc01","status":"affected","lessThan":"8bc35475ef1a23b0e224f3242eb11c76cab0ea88","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/workqueue.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.10","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/workqueue.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d09642127a32fde231face2ff489af70eef316"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc35475ef1a23b0e224f3242eb11c76cab0ea88"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T20:34:46.394Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.10.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.11"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-09-29T15:03:23.715213Z","id":"CVE-2024-46704","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2024-09-29T15:03:38.514Z"}}]}}}