CVE-2024-26873 scsi: hisi_sas: Fix a deadlock issue related to automatic dump
A race condition in the hisi_sas driver causes a deadlock when PHY disabling coincides with ECC errors, leading to system hangs.
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- Fix
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What is CVE-2024-26873?
CVE-2024-26873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: hisi_sas: Fix a deadlock issue related to automatic dump
If we issue a disabling PHY command, the device attached with it will go offline, if a 2 bit ECC error occurs at the same time, a hung task may be found:
[ 4613.652388] INFO: task kworker/u256:0:165233 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 4613.666297] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 4613.674809] task:kworker/u256:0 state:D stack: 0 pid:165233 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000208 [ 4613.683959] Workqueue: 0000:74:02.0_disco_q sas_revalidate_domain [libsas] [ 4613.691518] Call trace: [ 4613.694678] __switch_to+0xf8/0x17c [ 4613.698872] __schedule+0x660/0xee0 [ 4613.703063] schedule+0xac/0x240 [ 4613.706994] schedule_timeout+0x500/0x610 [ 4613.711705] __down+0x128/0x36c [ 4613.715548] down+0x240/0x2d0 [ 4613.719221] hisi_sas_internal_abort_timeout+0x1bc/0x260 [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.726618] sas_execute_internal_abort+0x144/0x310 [libsas] [ 4613.732976] sas_execute_internal_abort_dev+0x44/0x60 [libsas] [ 4613.739504] hisi_sas_internal_task_abort_dev.isra.0+0xbc/0x1b0 [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.747499] hisi_sas_dev_gone+0x174/0x250 [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.753682] sas_notify_lldd_dev_gone+0xec/0x2e0 [libsas] [ 4613.759781] sas_unregister_common_dev+0x4c/0x7a0 [libsas] [ 4613.765962] sas_destruct_devices+0xb8/0x120 [libsas] [ 4613.771709] sas_do_revalidate_domain.constprop.0+0x1b8/0x31c [libsas] [ 4613.778930] sas_revalidate_domain+0x60/0xa4 [libsas] [ 4613.784716] process_one_work+0x248/0x950 [ 4613.789424] worker_thread+0x318/0x934 [ 4613.793878] kthread+0x190/0x200 [ 4613.797810] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 4613.802121] INFO: task kworker/u256:4:316722 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 4613.816026] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 4613.824538] task:kworker/u256:4 state:D stack: 0 pid:316722 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000208 [ 4613.833670] Workqueue: 0000:74:02.0 hisi_sas_rst_work_handler [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.841491] Call trace: [ 4613.844647] __switch_to+0xf8/0x17c [ 4613.848852] __schedule+0x660/0xee0 [ 4613.853052] schedule+0xac/0x240 [ 4613.856984] schedule_timeout+0x500/0x610 [ 4613.861695] __down+0x128/0x36c [ 4613.865542] down+0x240/0x2d0 [ 4613.869216] hisi_sas_controller_prereset+0x58/0x1fc [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.876324] hisi_sas_rst_work_handler+0x40/0x8c [hisi_sas_main] [ 4613.883019] process_one_work+0x248/0x950 [ 4613.887732] worker_thread+0x318/0x934 [ 4613.892204] kthread+0x190/0x200 [ 4613.896118] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 4613.900423] INFO: task kworker/u256:1:348985 blocked for more than 121 seconds. [ 4613.914341] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 4613.922852] task:kworker/u256:1 state:D stack: 0 pid:348985 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000208 [ 4613.931984] Workqueue: 0000:74:02.0_event_q sas_port_event_worker [libsas] [ 4613.939549] Call trace: [ 4613.942702] __switch_to+0xf8/0x17c [ 4613.946892] __schedule+0x660/0xee0 [ 4613.951083] schedule+0xac/0x240 [ 4613.955015] schedule_timeout+0x500/0x610 [ 4613.959725] wait_for_common+0x200/0x610 [ 4613.964349] wait_for_completion+0x3c/0x5c [ 4613.969146] flush_workqueue+0x198/0x790 [ 4613.973776] sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd+0x1e8/0x320 [libsas] [ 4613.979960] sas_port_event_worker+0x54/0xa0 [libsas] [ 4613.985708] process_one_work+0x248/0x950 [ 4613.990420] worker_thread+0x318/0x934 [ 4613.994868] kthread+0x190/0x200 [ 4613.998800] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
This is because when the device goes offline, we obtain the hisi_hba semaphore and send the ABORT_DEV command to the device. However, the internal abort timed out due to the 2 bit ECC error and triggers automatic dump. In addition, since the hisi_hba semaphore has been obtained, the dump cannot be executed and the controller cannot be reset.
Therefore, the deadlocks occur on the following circular dependencies ---truncated---
Weakness: CWE-667
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26873?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-26873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26873, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26873, GHSA-4gqc-44f8-fcvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26873.