CVE-2024-35971

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ks8851: Handle softirqs at the end of IRQ thread to fix hang The ks8851irq thread may call ks8851rxpkts in case there are any packets in the MAC FIFO, which calls netifrx. This netifrx implementation is guarded by...

CVE-2024-35971 net: ks8851: Handle softirqs at the end of IRQ thread to fix hang

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ks8851: Handle softirqs at the end of IRQ thread to fix hang The ks8851irq thread may call ks8851rxpkts in case there are any packets in the MAC FIFO, which calls netifrx. This netifrx implementation is guarded by...

CVE-2024-35971

The CVE-2024-35971 entry concerns the Linux kernel ks8851 driver hang due to incorrect softirq handling. In ks8851_irq(), a spinlock is acquired before calling netif_rx(), which can trigger net_rx_action and reach the driver’s .start_xmit callback. If ks8851_start_xmit_par subsequently re-enters ...