DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-98537
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537
Upstream
Published
2026-10-18T17:47:36Z
Modified
2026-10-19T05:00:18Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: workqueue: Fix NULL current_pwq deref in flush dependency check check_flush_dependency() uses current_wq_worker() to determine whether the caller is a workqueue worker and then dereferences worker->current_pwq to test whether the current workqueue is WQ_MEM_RECLAIM. current_wq_worker() only means that %current has PF_WQ_WORKER set. A kworker can reach check_flush_dependency() while it is not executing a work item. One such path is worker_thread() acting as the pool manager, where create_worker() does GFP_KERNEL allocation and the allocation path invokes the OOM notifier. In that state worker->current_pwq is NULL because current_pwq is set only by process_one_work() and cleared again after the work function returns. [ 416.760634][ T375] Call trace: [ 416.760638][ T375] check_flush_dependency+0x80/0x120 (P) [ 416.760648][ T375] __flush_work+0x98/0x224 [ 416.760657][ T375] flush_work+0x30/0x44 [ 416.760665][ T375] ... [ 416.760710][ T375] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x58/0xa0 [ 416.760719][ T375] out_of_memory+0xb4/0x458 [ 416.760730][ T375] __alloc_pages_may_oom+0x11c/0x1a8 [ 416.760739][ T375] __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x314/0x46c [ 416.760746][ T375] __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x110/0x1a4 [ 416.760753][ T375] new_slab+0x12c/0x484 [ 416.760759][ T375] ___slab_alloc+0x7a8/0xc7c [ 416.760765][ T375] __slab_alloc+0x74/0xd8 [ 416.760772][ T375] __kmalloc_cache_node_noprof+0x2ac/0x304 [ 416.760779][ T375] alloc_worker+0x28/0x60 [ 416.760785][ T375] create_worker+0x4c/0x20c [ 416.760790][ T375] worker_thread+0xe8/0x2b8 [ 416.760796][ T375] kthread+0x1a8/0x200 [ 416.760805][ T375] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Guard the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM-worker warning with worker->current_pwq. If the kworker is not currently executing a work item, there is no current workqueue to diagnose with that warning. The PF_MEMALLOC warning is left unchanged so explicit reclaim context flushing a !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM target is still reported.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.190-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.1.27-1
6.1.37-1
6.1.38-1
6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
6.1.38-2
6.1.38-3
6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
6.1.38-4
6.1.52-1
6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
6.1.55-1
6.1.64-1
6.1.66-1
6.1.67-1
6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
6.1.69-1
6.1.76-1~bpo11+1
6.1.76-1
6.1.82-1
6.1.85-1
6.1.90-1~bpo11+1
6.1.90-1
6.1.94-1~bpo11+1
6.1.94-1
6.1.98-1
6.1.99-1
6.1.106-1
6.1.106-2
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.1.123-1
6.1.124-1
6.1.128-1
6.1.129-1
6.1.133-1
6.1.135-1
6.1.137-1
6.1.139-1
6.1.140-1
6.1.147-1
6.1.148-1
6.1.153-1
6.1.158-1
6.1.159-1
6.1.162-1
6.1.164-1
6.1.170-1
6.1.170-2
6.1.170-3
6.1.172-1
6.1.174-1
6.1.176-1
6.1.177-1
6.1.180-1
6.1.187-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.12.113-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.12.38-1
6.12.41-1
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
6.12.43-1
6.12.48-1
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
6.12.57-1
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
6.12.63-1
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
6.12.69-1
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
6.12.73-1
6.12.74-1
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
6.12.74-2
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
6.12.85-1
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1
6.12.86-1
6.12.88-1~bpo12+1
6.12.88-1
6.12.90-1~bpo12+1
6.12.90-1
6.12.90-2~bpo12+1
6.12.90-2
6.12.94-1~bpo12+1
6.12.94-1
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1
6.12.95-1
6.12.96-1
6.12.100-1
6.12.101-1
6.12.105-1
6.12.107-1
6.12.111-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.2.9-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.12.38-1
6.12.41-1
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
6.12.43-1
6.12.48-1
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
6.12.57-1
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
6.12.63-1
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
6.12.69-1
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
6.12.73-1
6.12.74-1
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
6.12.74-2
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
6.12.85-1
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1
6.12.86-1
6.12.88-1~bpo12+1
6.12.88-1
6.12.90-1~bpo12+1
6.12.90-1
6.12.90-2~bpo12+1
6.12.90-2
6.12.94-1~bpo12+1
6.12.94-1
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1
6.12.95-1
6.12.96-1
6.12.100-1
6.12.101-1
6.12.105-1
6.12.107-1
6.12.111-1
6.12.113-1
6.13~rc6-1~exp1
6.13~rc7-1~exp1
6.13.2-1~exp1
6.13.3-1~exp1
6.13.4-1~exp1
6.13.5-1~exp1
6.13.6-1~exp1
6.13.7-1~exp1
6.13.8-1~exp1
6.13.9-1~exp1
6.13.10-1~exp1
6.13.11-1~exp1
6.14.3-1~exp1
6.14.5-1~exp1
6.14.6-1~exp1
6.15~rc7-1~exp1
6.15-1~exp1
6.15.1-1~exp1
6.15.2-1~exp1
6.15.3-1~exp1
6.15.4-1~exp1
6.15.5-1~exp1
6.15.6-1~exp1
6.16~rc7-1~exp1
6.16-1~exp1
6.16.1-1~exp1
6.16.3-1~bpo13+1
6.16.3-1
6.16.5-1
6.16.6-1
6.16.7-1
6.16.8-1
6.16.9-1
6.16.10-1
6.16.11-1
6.16.12-1~bpo13+1
6.16.12-1
6.16.12-2
6.17.2-1~exp1
6.17.5-1~exp1
6.17.6-1
6.17.7-1
6.17.7-2
6.17.8-1~bpo13+1
6.17.8-1
6.17.9-1
6.17.10-1
6.17.11-1
6.17.12-1
6.17.13-1~bpo13+1
6.17.13-1
6.18~rc4-1~exp1
6.18~rc4-1~exp2
6.18~rc5-1~exp1
6.18~rc6-1~exp1
6.18~rc7-1~exp1
6.18.1-1~exp1
6.18.2-1~exp1
6.18.3-1
6.18.5-1~bpo13+1
6.18.5-1
6.18.8-1
6.18.9-1~bpo13+1
6.18.9-1
6.18.10-1
6.18.12-1~bpo13+1
6.18.12-1
6.18.13-1
6.18.14-1
6.18.15-1~bpo13+1
6.18.15-1
6.19~rc4-1~exp1
6.19~rc5-1~exp1
6.19~rc6-1~exp1
6.19~rc7-1~exp1
6.19~rc8-1~exp1
6.19-1~exp1
6.19.2-1~exp1
6.19.3-1~exp1
6.19.4-1~exp1
6.19.5-1~exp1
6.19.6-1
6.19.6-2~bpo13+1
6.19.6-2
6.19.8-1~bpo13+1
6.19.8-1
6.19.10-1~bpo13+1
6.19.10-1
6.19.11-1~bpo13+1
6.19.11-1
6.19.12-1
6.19.13-1~bpo13+1
6.19.13-1
6.19.14-1~bpo13+1
6.19.14-1
7.*
7.0-1~exp1
7.0.1-1~exp1
7.0.3-1
7.0.4-1~bpo13+1
7.0.4-1
7.0.7-1~bpo13+1
7.0.7-1
7.0.9-1~bpo13+1
7.0.9-1
7.0.10-1~bpo13+1
7.0.10-1
7.0.12-1
7.0.12-2~bpo13+1
7.0.12-2
7.0.13-1~bpo13+1
7.0.13-1
7.0.14-1
7.1~rc2-1~exp1
7.1~rc3-1~exp1
7.1~rc4-1~exp1
7.1~rc4-1~exp2
7.1~rc5-1~exp1
7.1~rc7-1~exp1
7.1.1-1~exp1
7.1.2-1~exp1
7.1.3-1~bpo13+1
7.1.3-1
7.1.3-1+sunvdc
7.1.4-1
7.1.5-1
7.1.6-1
7.1.7-1~bpo13+1
7.1.7-1
7.1.8-1~bpo13+1
7.1.8-1
7.1.8-2
7.1.9-1
7.1.9-1+sparc64
7.1.10-1
7.1.12-1
7.1.13-1~bpo13+1
7.1.13-1
7.2~rc3-1~exp1
7.2~rc5-1~exp1
7.2~rc7-1~exp1
7.2.2-1~exp1
7.2.3-1~exp1
7.2.6-1~bpo13+1
7.2.6-1
7.2.7-1
7.2.8-1
7.2.9-1~bpo13+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98537.json"