CVE-2024-36887

e1000e: change usleep_range to udelay in PHY mdic access

published May 30, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

e1000e: change usleep_range to udelay in PHY mdic access

This is a partial revert of commit 6dbdd4de0362 ("e1000e: Workaround

for sporadic MDI error on Meteor Lake systems"). The referenced commit

used usleep_range inside the PHY access routines, which are sometimes

called from an atomic context. This can lead to a kernel panic in some

scenarios, such as cable disconnection and reconnection on vPro systems.

Solve this by changing the usleep_range calls back to udelay.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00239 · 14.1th percentile
Published
2024-05-30T15:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 MAY 15:28Z
    e1000e: change usleep_range to udelay in PHY mdic access
    cvelistv5