Bug 2507131 (CVE-2026-64429) - CVE-2026-64429 kernel: gpio: eic-sprd: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup path
Summary: CVE-2026-64429 kernel: gpio: eic-sprd: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64429
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-25 10:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-29 16:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-25 10:06:39 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: eic-sprd: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup path

sprd_eic_irq_unmask() enables the GPIO IRQ and then updates controller
state through sprd_eic_update(), which takes sprd_eic->lock with
spin_lock_irqsave().  The callback can be reached from irq_startup()
while setting up a requested IRQ.  That path is not sleepable, but on
PREEMPT_RT a regular spinlock_t becomes a sleeping lock.

This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually
reviewed against the current tree.

The grounded PoC kept the request_threaded_irq() -> __setup_irq() ->
irq_startup() -> sprd_eic_irq_unmask() -> sprd_eic_update() carrier and
used the original spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_eic->lock) edge.  Lockdep

  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
  hardirqs last disabled at ... __setup_irq.constprop.0 ... [vuln_msv]
  sprd_rt_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1c/0x30 [vuln_msv]
  sprd_eic_update.constprop.0+0x48/0x90 [vuln_msv]
  sprd_eic_irq_unmask.constprop.0+0x35/0x50 [vuln_msv]
  __setup_irq.constprop.0+0xd/0x30 [vuln_msv]

Convert the Spreadtrum EIC controller lock to raw_spinlock_t.  The
locked section only serializes MMIO register updates and does not contain
sleepable operations, so keeping it non-sleeping is appropriate for the
irqchip callbacks.


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