kernel: drm/ast: Fix soft lockup

CVE-2024-35952 describes an issue in the Linux kernel's AST graphics driver. The problem occurs in the astdpsetonoff function, where a lack of proper synchronization with the DisplayPort Microcontroller Unit DPMCU can result in an infinite loop. This can cause a "soft lockup" in the host system,...

AZL-48261 CVE-2024-42114 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.167.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211ATTRTXQQUANTUM values syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211ATTRTXQQUANTUM to 2^31. We had a similar issue in schfq, fixed with commit d9e15a273306 "pktsched: fq: do not accept sill...

CVE-2024-41036 net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

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 ks8851startxmitspi and ks8851irq: watchdog: BUG: soft...

CVE-2024-41036 net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

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 ks8851startxmitspi and ks8851irq: watchdog: BUG: soft...

CVE-2024-41036 net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

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 ks8851startxmitspi and ks8851irq: watchdog: BUG: soft...

SUSE CVE-2022-48800

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

CVE-2022-48800

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48800

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

CVE-2022-48800

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48800

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

CVE-2022-48800 mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmscan: remove deadlock due to throttling failing to make progress A soft lockup bug in kcompactd was reported in a private bugzilla with the following visible in dmesg; watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU33 stuck for 26s!...

CVE-2022-48800

CVE-2022-48800 : In the Linux kernel, a soft lockup deadlock was observed involving kcompactd when rescheduling and draining PCP lists during page migration, caused by throttling not making progress. The issue is tied to CONFIG_PREEMPT being disabled (CONFIG_PREEMPT=n) and a task migrating pages ...

CVE-2024-40981

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bypass empty buckets in batadvpurgeorigref Many syzbot reports are pointing to soft lockups in batadvpurgeorigref 1 Root cause is unknown, but we can avoid spending too much time there and perhaps get more interesting...

CVE-2024-40981 batman-adv: bypass empty buckets in batadv_purge_orig_ref()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bypass empty buckets in batadvpurgeorigref Many syzbot reports are pointing to soft lockups in batadvpurgeorigref 1 Root cause is unknown, but we can avoid spending too much time there and perhaps get more interesting...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a possible soft lockup in the batman-adv component in the batadvpurgeorigref function...

PT-2024-30730

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to the handling of CEQEs in the interrupt handler, which can cause the CPU core to stay in interrupt context too long and lead to soft lockup under heavy load. To...

CVE-2024-36936

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/unaccepted: touch soft lockup during memory accept Commit 50e782a86c98 "efi/unaccepted: Fix soft lockups caused by parallel memory acceptance" has released the spinlock so other CPUs can do memory acceptance in parallel and n...

PT-2024-29217

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A deadlock vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel, specifically in the net: ks8851 module. The issue occurs when SMP is enabled and spinlocks are functional, causing a...

SUSE CVE-2024-38598

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size Is is reported that for dm-raid10, lvextend + lvchange --syncaction will trigger following softlockup: kernel:watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU3 stuck for 26s!...

CVE-2022-48731

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/kmemleak: avoid scanning potential huge holes When using devmrequestfreememregion and devmmemremappages to add ZONEDEVICE memory, if requested free mem region's end pfn were hugee.g., 0x400000000, the nodeendpfn will be also...