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CVE-2025-38017 fs/eventpoll: fix endless busy loop after timeout has expired

🗓️ 18 Jun 2025 09:28:25Reported by LinuxType 
cvelist
 cvelist
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Fixes endless loop in Linux kernel due to timeout handling in eventpoll, preventing system lockups.

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[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/eventpoll.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "99a0ad16dfd114a429df665065dcc576dad743c0",
        "lessThan": "7631dca012593c95d36199082546a24a0058fc50",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "0a65bc27bd645894175c059397b4916e31955fb2",
        "lessThan": "d9ec73301099ec5975505e1c3effbe768bab9490",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/eventpoll.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.14.4",
        "lessThan": "6.14.8",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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