mm/kmemleak: avoid deadlock by moving pr_warn() outside kmemleak_lock (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-39736
MEDIUM 5.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · centile 3 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/kmemleak: avoid deadlock by moving pr_warn() outside kmemleak_lock When netpoll is enabled, calling pr_warn_once() while holding kmemleak_lock in mem_pool_alloc() can cause a deadlock due to lock inversion with the netconsole subsystem. This occurs because pr_warn_once() may trigger netpoll, which eventually leads to __alloc_skb() and back into kmemleak code, attempting to reacquire kmemleak_lock. This is the path for the deadlock. mem_pool_alloc() -> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags); -> pr_warn_once() -> netconsole subsystem -> netpoll -> __alloc_skb -> __create_object -> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags); Fix this by setting a flag and issuing the pr_warn_once() after kmemleak_lock is released.

Faiblesses (CWE)

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < c7b6ea0ede687e7460e593c5ea478f50aa41682a ; affected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < 4b0151e1d468eb2667c37b7af99b3c075072d334 ; affected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < f249d32bb54876b4b6c3ae071af8ddca77af390b ; affected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < 62879faa8efe8d8a9c7bf7606ee9c068012d7dac ; affected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < 1da95d3d4b7b1d380ebd87b71a61e7e6aed3265d ; affected c5665868183fec689dbab9fb8505188b2c4f0757 < a0854de00ce2ee27edf39037e7836ad580eb3350
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.4 ; unaffected 0 < 5.4 ; unaffected 5.4.297 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.241 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.190 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.149 ≤ 6.1.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD