Bug 2297561 (CVE-2024-40977)

Summary: CVE-2024-40977 kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.1.96, kernel 6.6.36, kernel 6.9.7, kernel 6.10-rc1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's mt76 driver for the mt7921s chip, where a potential deadlock could occur during chip recovery. This situation arises when the kernel worker reset_work holds a lock while waiting for the stat_worker thread, which is simultaneously waiting for the same lock to be released, which leads to hung tasks and may even result in device reboots.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:44:43 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery

During chip recovery (e.g. chip reset), there is a possible situation that
kernel worker reset_work is holding the lock and waiting for kernel thread
stat_worker to be parked, while stat_worker is waiting for the release of
the same lock.
It causes a deadlock resulting in the dumping of hung tasks messages and
possible rebooting of the device.

This patch prevents the execution of stat_worker during the chip recovery.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-24 00:39:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:7001 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7001
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-24 02:34:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:7000 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7000
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-30 01:26:39 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:8617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8617