In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firmware: arm_ffa: Replace mutex with rwlock to avoid sleep in atomic context
The current use of a mutex to protect the notifier hashtable accesses can lead to issues in the atomic context. It results in the below kernel warnings:
| BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:258 | in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 9, name: kworker/0:0 | preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 | RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 | CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 6.14.0 #4 | Workqueue: ffa_pcpu_irq_notification notif_pcpu_irq_work_fn | Call trace: | show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C) | dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 | dump_stack+0x18/0x24 | __might_resched+0x114/0x170 | __might_sleep+0x48/0x98 | mutex_lock+0x24/0x80 | handle_notif_callbacks+0x54/0xe0 | notif_get_and_handle+0x40/0x88 | generic_exec_single+0x80/0xc0 | smp_call_function_single+0xfc/0x1a0 | notif_pcpu_irq_work_fn+0x2c/0x38 | process_one_work+0x14c/0x2b4 | worker_thread+0x2e4/0x3e0 | kthread+0x13c/0x210 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
To address this, replace the mutex with an rwlock to protect the notifier hashtable accesses. This ensures that read-side locking does not sleep and multiple readers can acquire the lock concurrently, avoiding unnecessary contention and potential deadlocks. Writer access remains exclusive, preserving correctness.
This change resolves warnings from lockdep about potential sleep in atomic context.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.12Upgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.37-61.105Upgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfo | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcpUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2037-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidia-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1044-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1041-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04 | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
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