CVE-2024-41036

net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2024 at 02:31 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant When SMP is enabled and spinlocks are actually functional then there is a deadlock with the 'statelock' spinlock between ks8851_start_xmit_spi and ks8851_irq: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 27s! call trace: queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x100/0x284 do_raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x44 ks8851_start_xmit_spi+0x30/0xb8 ks8851_start_xmit+0x14/0x20 netdev_start_xmit+0x40/0x6c dev_hard_start_xmit+0x6c/0xbc sch_direct_xmit+0xa4/0x22c __qdisc_run+0x138/0x3fc qdisc_run+0x24/0x3c net_tx_action+0xf8/0x130 handle_softirqs+0x1ac/0x1f0 __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 ____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x58 do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x28 __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0x9c irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c el1_interrupt+0x38/0x50 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 __netif_schedule+0x6c/0x80 netif_tx_wake_queue+0x38/0x48 ks8851_irq+0xb8/0x2c8 irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0x74 irq_thread+0x10c/0x1b0 kthread+0xc8/0xd8 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 This issue has not been identified earlier because tests were done on a device with SMP disabled and so spinlocks were actually NOPs. Now use spin_(un)lock_bh for TX queue related locking to avoid execution of softirq work synchronously that would lead to a deadlock.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 5.10.206v ≥ 5.15.1465.10.206 ≤ v < 5.115.15.146 ≤ v < 5.166.1.70 ≤ v < 6.1.1006.6.9 ≤ v < 6.6.416.7 ≤ v < 6.106.7 ≤ v < 6.9.101092525155eaad5c69ca9f3b6f3e7895a9424d6630302b41ffdcd194bef27fb3b1a9f2ca53dedb273dc5d44545453de1de9c53cc529cc960a85933da5.10.2065.15.1466.1.706.10 rc16.10 rc26.10 rc36.10 rc46.10 rc56.10 rc66.10 rc76.6.9786788bb1396ed5ea27e39c4933f59f4e52004e47c25c5d7274631b655f0f9098a16241fcd5db57b
Vendor states this is fixed in 0913ec336a6c0c4a2b296bd9f74f8e41c4c83c8c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 10fec0cd0e8f56ff06c46bb24254c7d8f8f2bbf0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 80ece00137300d74642f2038c8fe5440deaf9f05 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0c69c492f4a8fad52f0a97565241c926160c9a4 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.100 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.41 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9.10 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0913ec336a6c0c4a2b296bd9f74f8e41c4c83c8c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fec0cd0e8f56ff06c46bb24254c7d8f8f2bbf0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ece00137300d74642f2038c8fe5440deaf9f05
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0c69c492f4a8fad52f0a97565241c926160c9a4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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