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-develUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.37-61.105Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.12-headers | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2037-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcpUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1044-ibmUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidia-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1041-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-genericUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeop | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
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