CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-42274
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-08-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context"
Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e ("ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event
in process context") removed the process context workqueue from
amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer() and update_pcm_pointers() to remove
its overhead.
With RME Fireface 800, this lead to a regression since
Kernels 5.14.0, causing an AB/BA deadlock competition for the
substream lock with eventual system freeze under ALSA operation:
thread 0:
* (lock A) acquire substream lock by
snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in
snd_pcm_status64()
* (lock B) wait for tasklet to finish by calling
tasklet_unlock_spin_wait() in
tasklet_disable_in_atomic() in
ohci_flush_iso_completions() of ohci.c
thread 1:
* (lock B) enter tasklet
* (lock A) attempt to acquire substream lock,
waiting for it to be released:
snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in
snd_pcm_period_elapsed() in
update_pcm_pointers() in
process_ctx_payloads() in
process_rx_packets() of amdtp-stream.c
? tasklet_unlock_spin_wait
</NMI>
<TASK>
ohci_flush_iso_completions firewire_ohci
amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer snd_firewire_lib
snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0 snd_pcm
snd_pcm_status64 snd_pcm
? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
</NMI>
<IRQ>
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave
snd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_pcm
process_rx_packets snd_firewire_lib
irq_target_callback snd_firewire_lib
handle_it_packet firewire_ohci
context_tasklet firewire_ohci
Restore the process context work queue to prevent deadlock
AB/BA deadlock competition for ALSA substream lock of
snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in snd_pcm_status64()
and snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in snd_pcm_period_elapsed().
revert commit 7ba5ca32fe6e ("ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period
elapse event in process context")
Replace inline description to prevent future deadlock.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.14 < 5.15.165)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.104)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.45)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.10.4)
• linux linux kernel 6.11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9ef Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b239a37d68e8bc59f9516444da222841e3b13ba9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5043e69aeb2786f32e84132817a007a6430aa7d Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html lists.debian.org