published September 12, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: ssd1307fb: defer I2C transfers from damage callbacks
The fbdev damage callbacks may run from fbcon while printk has disabled
preemption. They currently update the display synchronously, which enters
the sleeping I2C transfer path from atomic context.
A complete report from an RK3566 system follows:
[ 258.129004] watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
[ 258.129067] BUG: scheduling while atomic: systemd/1/0x00000003
[ 258.129076] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep
binfmt_misc lz4hc lz4 zram snd_soc_hdmi_codec brcmfmac_wcc hci_uart
fb_ssd1306(C) fbtft(C) btqca btrtl btintel btsdio snd_soc_simple_card
motorcomm pwm_fan snd_soc_simple_card_utils ssd130x_spi nls_iso8859_1
ssd130x btbcm drm_shmem_helper display_connector brcmfmac ssd1307fb
brcmutil bluetooth cfg80211 rfkill snd_soc_rockchip_i2s_tdm
snd_soc_rk817 hantro_vpu snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine
v4l2_vp9 snd_pcm v4l2_h264 rockchip_rga snd_timer rk_crypto2
spi_rockchip_sfc videobuf2_dma_contig snd sm3_generic v4l2_mem2mem
videobuf2_dma_sg dwmac_rk sm3 soundcore videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2
stmmac_platform dw_hdmi_cec videodev videobuf2_common dw_hdmi_i2s_audio
stmmac rk817_charger pcs_xpcs mc cpufreq_dt sch_fq_codel ip_tables
x_tables autofs4
[ 258.129215] Preemption disabled at:
[ 258.129216] [<ffff80008012f96c>] vprintk_emit+0x11c/0x340
[ 258.129234] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Tainted: G C
6.6.0-rc5-rockchip-rk356x #4
[ 258.129239] Hardware name: Rockchip RK3566 OPi 3B (DT)
[ 258.129243] Call trace:
[ 258.129245] dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128
[ 258.129252] show_stack+0x20/0x38
[ 258.129256] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0xb0
[ 258.129265] dump_stack+0x18/0x28
[ 258.129269] __schedule_bug+0xa0/0xc8
[ 258.129274] __schedule+0x9ac/0xd30
[ 258.129279] schedule+0x60/0x100
[ 258.129282] schedule_timeout+0x194/0x338
[ 258.129289] rk3x_i2c_xfer_common.isra.0+0x384/0x498
[ 258.129296] rk3x_i2c_xfer+0x20/0x60
[ 258.129300] __i2c_transfer+0x194/0x648
[ 258.129308] i2c_transfer+0x9c/0x130
[ 258.129313] i2c_transfer_buffer_flags+0x64/0x98
[ 258.129318] ssd1307fb_update_rect+0x42c/0x560 [ssd1307fb]
[ 258.129334] ssd1307fb_defio_imageblit+0x34/0x50 [ssd1307fb]
[ 258.129343] soft_cursor+0x13c/0x210
[ 258.129350] bit_cursor+0x2dc/0x550
[ 258.129354] fbcon_cursor+0xec/0x108
[ 258.129359] hide_cursor+0x44/0xc8
[ 258.129365] vt_console_print+0x398/0x3b0
[ 258.129370] console_flush_all.isra.0+0x17c/0x410
[ 258.129377] console_unlock+0x4c/0x100
[ 258.129382] vprintk_emit+0x1c8/0x340
[ 258.129386] vprintk_default+0x40/0x58
[ 258.129389] vprintk+0xb8/0xd0
[ 258.129392] _printk+0x68/0x98
[ 258.129398] watchdog_release+0x170/0x230
[ 258.129404] __fput+0xbc/0x288
[ 258.129409] __fput_sync+0x58/0x70
[ 258.129413] __arm64_sys_close+0x40/0x90
[ 258.129419] invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x118
[ 258.129426] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0
[ 258.129432] do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
[ 258.129437] el0_svc+0x48/0x100
[ 258.129443] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc8
[ 258.129448] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198
[ 258.573087] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 258.573098] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(val > preempt_count())
[ 258.573111] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at kernel/sched/core.c:5871
preempt_count_sub+0x9c/0x148
[ 258.573130] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep
binfmt_misc lz4hc lz4 zram snd_soc_hdmi_codec brcmfmac_wcc hci_uart
fb_ssd1306(C) fbtft(C) btqca btrtl btintel btsdio snd_soc_simple_card
motorcomm pwm_fan snd_soc_simple_card_utils ssd130x_spi nls_iso8859_1
ssd130x btbcm drm_shmem_helper display_connector brcmfmac ssd1307fb
brcmutil bluetooth cfg80211 rfkill snd_soc_rockchip_i2s_tdm
snd_soc_rk817 hantro_vpu snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine
v4l2_vp
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