CVE-2026-64183

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's EFI Extensible Firmware Interface runtime services. This vulnerability occurs due to a NULL pointer dereference when ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface PRM Platform Runtime Mechanism calls are made before the necessary workqueue is allocated. Th...

CVE-2026-64183

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: Allocate runtime workqueue before ACPI init Since commit 5894cf571e14 "acpi/prmt: Use EFI runtime sandbox to invoke PRM handlers" ACPI PRM calls are delegated to a workqueue which runs in a kernel thread, making it easier to...

PT-2026-61500

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists where ACPI PRM calls are delegated to a workqueue running in a kernel thread to detect and mitigate faulting memory accesses by firmware. Because these PRM accesses can...

CVE-2025-68357 iomap: allocate s_dio_done_wq for async reads as well

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: allocate sdiodonewq for async reads as well Since commit 222f2c7c6d14 "iomap: always run error completions in user context", read error completions are deferred to sdiodonewq. This means the workqueue also needs to be...

PT-2025-52893

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to the allocation of a workqueue for asynchronous reads within the iomap subsystem. Specifically, after a certain commit, error completions for...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53223

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for allocorderedworkqueue Add check for the return value of allocorderedworkqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork:...

CVE-2025-38369

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Check availability of workqueue allocated by idxd wq driver before using Running IDXD workloads in a container with the /dev directory mounted can trigger a call trace or even a kernel panic when the parent proce...

CVE-2025-38369 dmaengine: idxd: Check availability of workqueue allocated by idxd wq driver before using

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Check availability of workqueue allocated by idxd wq driver before using Running IDXD workloads in a container with the /dev directory mounted can trigger a call trace or even a kernel panic when the parent proce...

CVE-2023-52851 IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF In the unlikely event that workqueue allocation fails and returns NULL in mlx5mkeycacheinit, delete the call to mlx5rumrresourcecleanup which frees th...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27391

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: do not realloc workqueue everytime an interface is added Commit 09ed8bfc5215 "wilc1000: Rename workqueue from "WILCwq" to "NETDEV-wq"" moved workqueue creation in wilcnetdevifcinit in order to set the interface na...

SUSE CVE-2019-16231

drivers/net/fjes/fjesmain.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the allocworkqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference...

GSD-2021-1002805 ipmi: fix initialization when workqueue allocation fails

ipmi: fix initialization when workqueue allocation fails This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.89 by commit...

GSD-2021-1002796 ipmi: fix initialization when workqueue allocation fails

ipmi: fix initialization when workqueue allocation fails This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.4.169 by commit...

kernel: null-pointer dereference in drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the FUJITSU Extended Socket Network driver. A call to the allocworkqueue return was not validated and causes a denial of service at the time of failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16230

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeondisplay.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the allocworkqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: A third-party software maintainer states that the work queue allocation is happening during device initialization, which for a graphics ca...

PT-2019-6467 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel version 5.2.14 Description: The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel, specifically in the drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd interrupt.c component. This occurs because the alloc workqueue return value is...