CVE-2026-31480

tracing: Fix potential deadlock in cpu hotplug with osnoise

published April 22, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

tracing: Fix potential deadlock in cpu hotplug with osnoise

The following sequence may leads deadlock in cpu hotplug:

task1 task2 task3

----- ----- -----

mutex_lock(&interface_lock)

[CPU GOING OFFLINE]

cpus_write_lock();

osnoise_cpu_die();

kthread_stop(task3);

wait_for_completion();

osnoise_sleep();

mutex_lock(&interface_lock);

cpus_read_lock();

[DEAD LOCK]

Fix by swap the order of cpus_read_lock() and mutex_lock(&interface_lock).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00125 · 2.1th percentile
Published
2026-04-22T13:54Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 13:54Z
    tracing: Fix potential deadlock in cpu hotplug with osnoise
    cvelistv5