Deadlock Affecting kernel-debug-devel-matched package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-KERNELDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-19146637
  • published21 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-74331  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-833  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:10 kernel-debug-devel-matched.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel-matched package and not the kernel-debug-devel-matched package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

firmware_loader: Fix recursive lock in device_cache_fw_images()

A recursive locking deadlock can occur in the firmware loader's power management notification handler.

During system suspend or hibernation preparation, fw_pm_notify() calls device_cache_fw_images(). This function acquires fw_lock to set the firmware cache state to FW_LOADER_START_CACHE and then iterates over all devices using dpm_for_each_dev() while still holding the lock.

For each device, dev_cache_fw_image() schedules asynchronous work to cache the firmware. If memory allocation for the async work entry fails (e.g., in out-of-memory conditions), async_schedule_node_domain() falls back to executing the work function synchronously in the current thread.

The synchronous execution path (__async_dev_cache_fw_image() -> cache_firmware() -> request_firmware() -> assign_fw()) attempts to acquire fw_lock again. Since the current thread already holds fw_lock, this results in a recursive locking deadlock.

Fix this by releasing fw_lock immediately after updating the cache state and before calling dpm_for_each_dev(). The lock is only needed to protect the state update. Concurrent firmware requests will correctly see the FW_LOADER_START_CACHE state and use the piggyback mechanism, which is independently protected by its own fwc->name_lock.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1