FKIE_CVE-2026-93202

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-17 17:18 - Updated: 2026-10-30 13:21
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: master: Fix recursive locking during device registration i3c_master_register_new_i3c_devs() registers newly discovered devices while holding i3c_bus_normaluse_lock(), a down_read(). device_register() can immediately probe the device, and probe callbacks typically invoke I3C helpers that take i3c_bus_normaluse_lock() again, leading to a recursive acquisition of the same rwsem. rwsems do not support recursive read locking and can deadlock when a writer is waiting. See the "Recursive read locks" section of Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.rst. For example, with Intel LPSS I3C, LOCKDEP generates a WARNING like: # echo intel-lpss-i3c.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/mipi-i3c-hci/unbind # echo intel-lpss-i3c.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/mipi-i3c-hci/bind WARNING: possible recursive locking detected kworker/5:1/94 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88811c810d78 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: i3c_device_match_id+0x45/0x370 but task is already holding lock: ffff88811c810d78 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: i3c_master_reg_work_fn+0x21/0x5f0 Fix this by separating device creation from device registration. Populate desc->dev under the maintenance lock, collect the devices that still need registration into a local list, then release the lock before calling device_register(). Finally retake the lock and clean up any devices that failed to register. Use the maintenance lock rather than the normal-use lock while adding device objects. A write-side maintenance lock prevents readers from observing a partially initialized desc->dev during initial device population, or desc->dev disappearing if registration fails. The local list requires a list node, so add a list node member to struct i3c_device.
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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015fcf330c29803bbf92b719b4889ba74ecbbc71
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dc55e68cc0177b6e60919de415cc96fdd4e1
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456f832e5fc26fbfd3b8200fd4553eee520cc377
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6640f778aa3d430e67171f8d17fe4a35bb44b578
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dc73c51ed3ee965c3ddb0ac31cf5c3eea68fa0c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b25232f66e8cd653d0c6bfdbe534e62a2f9d6a1b
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:00.240",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:18:16.510",
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