CVE-2024-57807

scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

Medium · published January 11, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.8th percentile
Published
2025-01-11T12:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JAN 12:39Z
    scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock
    cvelistv5