CVE-2024-44953 scsi: ufs: core: Fix deadlock during RTC update

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A deadlock in the Linux kernel UFS driver during RTC updates can cause a system hang, requiring a patch to fix the race condition.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
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Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-44953?

CVE-2024-44953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 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: ufs: core: Fix deadlock during RTC update

There is a deadlock when runtime suspend waits for the flush of RTC work, and the RTC work calls ufshcd_rpm_get_sync() to wait for runtime resume.

Here is deadlock backtrace:

kworker/0:1 D 4892.876354 10 10971 4859 0x4208060 0x8 10 0 120 670730152367 ptr f0ffff80c2e40000 0 1 0x00000001 0x000000ff 0x000000ff 0x000000ff <ffffffee5e71ddb0> __switch_to+0x1a8/0x2d4 <ffffffee5e71e604> __schedule+0x684/0xa98 <ffffffee5e71ea60> schedule+0x48/0xc8 <ffffffee5e725f78> schedule_timeout+0x48/0x170 <ffffffee5e71fb74> do_wait_for_common+0x108/0x1b0 <ffffffee5e71efe0> wait_for_completion+0x44/0x60 <ffffffee5d6de968> __flush_work+0x39c/0x424 <ffffffee5d6decc0> __cancel_work_sync+0xd8/0x208 <ffffffee5d6dee2c> cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x14/0x28 <ffffffee5e2551b8> __ufshcd_wl_suspend+0x19c/0x480 <ffffffee5e255fb8> ufshcd_wl_runtime_suspend+0x3c/0x1d4 <ffffffee5dffd80c> scsi_runtime_suspend+0x78/0xc8 <ffffffee5df93580> __rpm_callback+0x94/0x3e0 <ffffffee5df90b0c> rpm_suspend+0x2d4/0x65c <ffffffee5df91448> __pm_runtime_suspend+0x80/0x114 <ffffffee5dffd95c> scsi_runtime_idle+0x38/0x6c <ffffffee5df912f4> rpm_idle+0x264/0x338 <ffffffee5df90f14> __pm_runtime_idle+0x80/0x110 <ffffffee5e24ce44> ufshcd_rtc_work+0x128/0x1e4 <ffffffee5d6e3a40> process_one_work+0x26c/0x650 <ffffffee5d6e65c8> worker_thread+0x260/0x3d8 <ffffffee5d6edec8> kthread+0x110/0x134 <ffffffee5d616b18> ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Skip updating RTC if RPM state is not RPM_ACTIVE.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44953?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44953?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-44953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-44953, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44953, GHSA-g477-g2gm-cjmf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44953.

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