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- CVE-2024-42274
CVE-2024-42274: Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context"
First published: Sat Aug 17 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.112-1 6.11.7-1 6.11.9-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b239a37d68e8bc59f9516444da222841e3b13ba9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5043e69aeb2786f32e84132817a007a6430aa7d
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-42274
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42274
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-42274
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42274
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42274
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323
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