CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-21820

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-02-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2025-02-27
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: tty: xilinx_uartps: split sysrq handling lockdep detects the following circular locking dependency: CPU 0 CPU 1 ========================== ============================ cdns_uart_isr() printk() uart_port_lock(port) console_lock() cdns_uart_console_write() if (!port->sysrq) uart_port_lock(port) uart_handle_break() port->sysrq = ... uart_handle_sysrq_char() printk() console_lock() The fixed commit attempts to avoid this situation by only taking the port lock in cdns_uart_console_write if port->sysrq unset. However, if (as shown above) cdns_uart_console_write runs before port->sysrq is set, then it will try to take the port lock anyway. This may result in a deadlock. Fix this by splitting sysrq handling into two parts. We use the prepare helper under the port lock and defer handling until we release the lock.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.6 < 6.1.129) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.78) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.14) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.13.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness

References