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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.37-61.105Upgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfo | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-genericUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidia-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1041-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1044-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2037-raspi-realtime | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
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