In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/ASPM: Fix deadlock when enabling ASPM
A last minute revert in 6.7-final introduced a potential deadlock when enabling ASPM during probe of Qualcomm PCIe controllers as reported by lockdep:
============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.7.0 #40 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- kworker/u16:5/90 is trying to acquire lock: ffffacfa78ced000 (pci_bus_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: pcie_aspm_pm_state_change+0x58/0xdc
but task is already holding lock: ffffacfa78ced000 (pci_bus_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: pci_walk_bus+0x34/0xbc
other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 ---- lock(pci_bus_sem); lock(pci_bus_sem);
*** DEADLOCK ***
Call trace: print_deadlock_bug+0x25c/0x348 __lock_acquire+0x10a4/0x2064 lock_acquire+0x1e8/0x318 down_read+0x60/0x184 pcie_aspm_pm_state_change+0x58/0xdc pci_set_full_power_state+0xa8/0x114 pci_set_power_state+0xc4/0x120 qcom_pcie_enable_aspm+0x1c/0x3c [pcie_qcom] pci_walk_bus+0x64/0xbc qcom_pcie_host_post_init_2_7_0+0x28/0x34 [pcie_qcom]
The deadlock can easily be reproduced on machines like the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s by adding a delay to increase the race window during asynchronous probe where another thread can take a write lock.
Add a new pci_set_power_state_locked() and associated helper functions that can be called with the PCI bus semaphore held to avoid taking the read lock twice.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 8, 2024 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-rtNo solution existsUpgrade kernel | Dec 5, 2024 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-default-extra | Dec 5, 2025 | Jan 29, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-raspi-realtime | Feb 11, 2025 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 17, 2025 | Feb 24, 2024 |
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