# CVE-2024-38594: net: stmmac: move the EST lock to struct stmmac_priv

> A race condition in the stmmac network driver causes a kernel warning and potential crash when reinitializing the EST structure, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-69521, BELL-CVE-2024-38594, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38594, GHSA-x5q7-5ch5-5m3v, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-38594, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-38594, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-38594, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38594

## What is CVE-2024-38594?

CVE-2024-38594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 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:

net: stmmac: move the EST lock to struct stmmac_priv

Reinitialize the whole EST structure would also reset the mutex
lock which is embedded in the EST structure, and then trigger
the following warning. To address this, move the lock to struct
stmmac_priv. We also need to reacquire the mutex lock when doing
this initialization.

DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock)
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 505 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068
 Modules linked in:
 CPU: 3 PID: 505 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-00053-g0106679839f7-dirty #29
 Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT)
 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068
 lr : __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068
 sp : ffffffc0864e3570
 x29: ffffffc0864e3570 x28: ffffffc0817bdc78 x27: 0000000000000003
 x26: ffffff80c54f1808 x25: ffffff80c9164080 x24: ffffffc080d723ac
 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000002 x21: 0000000000000000
 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffffc083bc3000 x18: ffffffffffffffff
 x17: ffffffc08117b080 x16: 0000000000000002 x15: ffffff80d2d40000
 x14: 00000000000002da x13: ffffff80d2d404b8 x12: ffffffc082b5a5c8
 x11: ffffffc082bca680 x10: ffffffc082bb2640 x9 : ffffffc082bb2698
 x8 : 0000000000017fe8 x7 : c0000000ffffefff x6 : 0000000000000001
 x5 : ffffff8178fe0d48 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000027
 x2 : ffffff8178fe0d50 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
 Call trace:
  __mutex_lock+0xd84/0x1068
  mutex_lock_nested+0x28/0x34
  tc_setup_taprio+0x118/0x68c
  stmmac_setup_tc+0x50/0xf0
  taprio_change+0x868/0xc9c

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38594?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38594?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-38594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38594 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 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-2024-38594 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-2024-38594/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38594/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38594
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38594
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38594

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