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

CVE-2024-35971 concerns the ks8851 driver in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability arises when ks8851_irq() locks a spinlock and then calls netif_rx(), which can trigger do_softirq() while the lock is held, potentially causing a hang as the chain leads to a re-entrant lock attempt in ks8851_start_x...