CVE-2024-57807 scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

What is CVE-2024-57807?

CVE-2024-57807 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 2025. 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: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

This fixes a 'possible circular locking dependency detected' warning CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex);

Fix this by temporarily releasing the reset_mutex.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57807?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57807?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-57807 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-55724, AZL-55792, BELL-CVE-2024-57807, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57807, GHSA-cr25-mcg8-cfvp, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57807.