# CVE-2024-41036: net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

> A deadlock in the ks8851 SPI network driver causes a system hang when SMP is enabled, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-41036, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41036, GHSA-683c-6fpf-jr2w, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-41036, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-41036, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41036

## What is CVE-2024-41036?

CVE-2024-41036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ks8851: Fix deadlock with the SPI chip variant

When SMP is enabled and spinlocks are actually functional then there is
a deadlock with the 'statelock' spinlock between ks8851_start_xmit_spi
and ks8851_irq:

    watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 27s!
    call trace:
      queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x100/0x284
      do_raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x44
      ks8851_start_xmit_spi+0x30/0xb8
      ks8851_start_xmit+0x14/0x20
      netdev_start_xmit+0x40/0x6c
      dev_hard_start_xmit+0x6c/0xbc
      sch_direct_xmit+0xa4/0x22c
      __qdisc_run+0x138/0x3fc
      qdisc_run+0x24/0x3c
      net_tx_action+0xf8/0x130
      handle_softirqs+0x1ac/0x1f0
      __do_softirq+0x14/0x20
      ____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c
      call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x58
      do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x28
      __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0x9c
      irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
      el1_interrupt+0x38/0x50
      el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
      el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
      __netif_schedule+0x6c/0x80
      netif_tx_wake_queue+0x38/0x48
      ks8851_irq+0xb8/0x2c8
      irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0x74
      irq_thread+0x10c/0x1b0
      kthread+0xc8/0xd8
      ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

This issue has not been identified earlier because tests were done on
a device with SMP disabled and so spinlocks were actually NOPs.

Now use spin_(un)lock_bh for TX queue related locking to avoid execution
of softirq work synchronously that would lead to a deadlock.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41036?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41036?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41036 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41036 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-2024-41036/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41036/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41036
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41036
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41036

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