# 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. - **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 17 Apr 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26873, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26873, GHSA-4gqc-44f8-fcvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26873 ## 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 (Improper Locking) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26873? It affects 1 product. Products: 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 - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26873 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: 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. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26873 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26873/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26873 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26873 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26873 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26873/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.