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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.37-61.105Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-devel | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1041-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidia-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-genericUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-34-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1044-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2037-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1015-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
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