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  1. Linux Kernel CVE-2025-21786 Patch Fixes Workqueue Use-After-Free Race

    The Linux kernel fix for CVE-2025-21786 corrects a subtle but dangerous ordering error in the workqueue cleanup path that created a use-after-free window: the patch moves the code that drops the workqueue pool reference (pwq) so it happens only after the rescuer thread has been detached from the...
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