In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure. Since __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR upon SIGKILL, we should not use WARN_ON() in order to catch kthread_run() failure.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 9
- CwesCWE-617NVD modified 2026-10-27 17:57
- Cpes+3 CPE criteria (now 3)NVD modified 2026-10-27 17:57
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-27 17:57
- CVSS5.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-27 17:57
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:54
- References+1 references (now 4)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
- StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 09:14
- First seenunscoredNVD modified 2026-10-15 11:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d Patch