CVE-2023-54316
kernel: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 30, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A use of uninitialized data was found in the refscale test module. The wait_queue_head_t is used before being initialized, causing a race condition that can crash the kernel during testing.
Statement
This affects only the refscale test/benchmark module, which is not loaded in production systems. The crash is a race condition in test initialization code used for RCU performance analysis.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 2.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource