CVE-2024-57889

pinctrl: mcp23s08: Fix sleeping in atomic context due to regmap locking

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2025 at 01:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Fix sleeping in atomic context due to regmap locking If a device uses MCP23xxx IO expander to receive IRQs, the following bug can happen: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:283 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, ... preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 ... Call Trace: ... __might_resched+0x104/0x10e __might_sleep+0x3e/0x62 mutex_lock+0x20/0x4c regmap_lock_mutex+0x10/0x18 regmap_update_bits_base+0x2c/0x66 mcp23s08_irq_set_type+0x1ae/0x1d6 __irq_set_trigger+0x56/0x172 __setup_irq+0x1e6/0x646 request_threaded_irq+0xb6/0x160 ... We observed the problem while experimenting with a touchscreen driver which used MCP23017 IO expander (I2C). The regmap in the pinctrl-mcp23s08 driver uses a mutex for protection from concurrent accesses, which is the default for regmaps without .fast_io, .disable_locking, etc. mcp23s08_irq_set_type() calls regmap_update_bits_base(), and the latter locks the mutex. However, __setup_irq() locks desc->lock spinlock before calling these functions. As a result, the system tries to lock the mutex whole holding the spinlock. It seems, the internal regmap locks are not needed in this driver at all. mcp->lock seems to protect the regmap from concurrent accesses already, except, probably, in mcp_pinconf_get/set. mcp23s08_irq_set_type() and mcp23s08_irq_mask/unmask() are called under chip_bus_lock(), which calls mcp23s08_irq_bus_lock(). The latter takes mcp->lock and enables regmap caching, so that the potentially slow I2C accesses are deferred until chip_bus_unlock(). The accesses to the regmap from mcp23s08_probe_one() do not need additional locking. In all remaining places where the regmap is accessed, except mcp_pinconf_get/set(), the driver already takes mcp->lock. This patch adds locking in mcp_pinconf_get/set() and disables internal locking in the regmap config. Among other things, it fixes the sleeping in atomic context described above.

Affected

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

4.13 ≤ v < 5.10.2334.13 ≤ v < 5.15.1764.13 ≤ v < 5.4.2894.13 ≤ v < 6.1.1244.13 ≤ v < 6.12.94.13 ≤ v < 6.134.13 ≤ v < 6.6.705.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1765.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1245.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2336.2 ≤ v < 6.6.706.7 ≤ v < 6.12.94.136.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc58f38910ba4f662222157ce07a0d5becc4328c46a
Vendor states this is fixed in 0310cbad163a908d09d99c26827859365cd71fcb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 788d9e9a41b81893d6bb8faa05f045c975278318 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 830f838589522404cd7c2f0f540602f25034af61 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c6fd5803b988a5e78c9b9e42c70a936d7cfc6ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9372e160d8211a7e17f2abff8370794f182df785 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a37eecb705f33726f1fb7cd2a67e514a15dfe693 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c55d186376a87b468c9ee30f2195e0f3857f61a0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.233 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.289 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.124 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.70 (unaffected)

References (9)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0310cbad163a908d09d99c26827859365cd71fcb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/788d9e9a41b81893d6bb8faa05f045c975278318
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830f838589522404cd7c2f0f540602f25034af61
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6fd5803b988a5e78c9b9e42c70a936d7cfc6ec
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9372e160d8211a7e17f2abff8370794f182df785
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a37eecb705f33726f1fb7cd2a67e514a15dfe693
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c55d186376a87b468c9ee30f2195e0f3857f61a0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

CVSS

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

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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