Improper Locking Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.128-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-9055773
  • published3 Mar 2025
  • disclosed11 Jan 2025

Introduced: 11 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-57807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

This fixes a 'possible circular locking dependency detected' warning CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex);

Fix this by temporarily releasing the reset_mutex.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1