CVE-2024-40935

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's cachefiles component, where requests were not properly flushed after marking the cache as CACHEFILES_DEAD in ondemand mode, when this flag is set, the cachefiles_daemon_write() function returns -EIO, preventing the daemon from passing the open request to the kernel, leading to a hungtask situation.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.