tty: xilinx_uartps: split sysrq handling (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-21820
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: xilinx_uartps: split sysrq handling lockdep detects the following circular locking dependency: CPU 0 CPU 1 ========================== ============================ cdns_uart_isr() printk() uart_port_lock(port) console_lock() cdns_uart_console_write() if (!port->sysrq) uart_port_lock(port) uart_handle_break() port->sysrq = ... uart_handle_sysrq_char() printk() console_lock() The fixed commit attempts to avoid this situation by only taking the port lock in cdns_uart_console_write if port->sysrq unset. However, if (as shown above) cdns_uart_console_write runs before port->sysrq is set, then it will try to take the port lock anyway. This may result in a deadlock. Fix this by splitting sysrq handling into two parts. We use the prepare helper under the port lock and defer handling until we release the lock.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < e22a97700901ba5e8bf8db68056a0d50f9440cae ; affected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < de5bd24197bd9ee37ec1e379a3d882bbd15c5065 ; affected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < 8ea0e7b3d7b8f2f0fc9db491ff22a0abe120801c ; affected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < 9b88a7c4584ba67267a051069b8abe44fc9595b2 ; affected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < 4410dba9807a17a93f649a9f5870ceaf30a675a3 ; affected 74ea66d4ca061a3cd4c0e924e51b60e924644852 < b06f388994500297bb91be60ffaf6825ecfd2afe
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.6 ; unaffected 0 < 4.6 ; unaffected 5.15.179 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.129 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.78 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.14 ≤ 6.12.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD