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  - net/rds: use wq_has_sleeper() in release_in_xmit() release_in_xmit() clears RDS_IN_XMIT with     clear_bit_unlock() and then checks waitqueue_active() to decide whether anyone needs waking.
    clear_bit_unlock() is only a release operation: it orders the critical section before the bit clear, but     does not order the subsequent plain load of the wait queue head after it. The waiter side does the mirror     image - it adds itself to the wait queue and then tests the bit. That is the classic store-buffering     pattern: the releasing CPU can read the wait queue as empty while the waiting CPU still reads the bit as     set, so the sleeper is never woken. The waiters are rds_conn_shutdown() and rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(),     both in uninterruptible wait_event() with no timeout. A lost wake-up strands the shutdown worker on its     single-threaded workqueue until some other sender releases the bit again - and on a connection that is     being torn down precisely because it failed, there may never be another sender. The barrier used to be     there: release_in_xmit() did clear_bit() followed by smp_mb__after_atomic() until commit 1422f28826d2     (rds: introduce acquire/release ordering in acquire/release_in_xmit()) folded both into     clear_bit_unlock(), which strengthened the lock hand-off but silently dropped the full barrier the wake-up     check depends on. The refill counterpart, release_refill() in net/rds/ib_recv.c, still carries its     smp_mb__after_atomic() for exactly this reason. Use wq_has_sleeper(), which is waitqueue_active() preceded     by the required full barrier. (CVE-2026-98072)

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Version 1.7 Nov 4, 2026, 12:13 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202611041213
Version 1.6 Oct 22, 2026, 12:02 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-98072, severity decreased from "Medium" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202610220002
Version 1.4 Oct 2, 2026, 6:07 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202610021807
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