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GHSA-P22Q-5W3Q-WQPQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-15 18:30

Details

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

spi: spidev: fix lock inversion between spi_lock and buf_lock

The spidev driver previously used two mutexes, spi_lock and buf_lock, but acquired them in different orders depending on the code path:

write()/read(): buf_lock -> spi_lock ioctl(): spi_lock -> buf_lock

This AB-BA locking pattern triggers lockdep warnings and can cause real deadlocks:

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected spidev_ioctl() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->buf_lock) spidev_sync_write() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->spi_lock) *** DEADLOCK ***

The issue is reproducible with a simple userspace program that performs write() and SPI_IOC_WR_MAX_SPEED_HZ ioctl() calls from separate threads on the same spidev file descriptor.

Fix this by simplifying the locking model and removing the lock inversion entirely. spidev_sync() no longer performs any locking, and all callers serialize access using spi_lock.

buf_lock is removed since its functionality is fully covered by spi_lock, eliminating the possibility of lock ordering issues.

This removes the lock inversion and prevents deadlocks without changing userspace ABI or behaviour.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-05-15T18:30:30Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T15:31:23Z",
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CVE-2026-43319 (GCVE-0-2026-43319)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 13:26 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:22

Title

spi: spidev: fix lock inversion between spi_lock and buf_lock

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spidev: fix lock inversion between spi_lock and buf_lock The spidev driver previously used two mutexes, spi_lock and buf_lock, but acquired them in different orders depending on the code path: write()/read(): buf_lock -> spi_lock ioctl(): spi_lock -> buf_lock This AB-BA locking pattern triggers lockdep warnings and can cause real deadlocks: WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected spidev_ioctl() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->buf_lock) spidev_sync_write() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->spi_lock) *** DEADLOCK *** The issue is reproducible with a simple userspace program that performs write() and SPI_IOC_WR_MAX_SPEED_HZ ioctl() calls from separate threads on the same spidev file descriptor. Fix this by simplifying the locking model and removing the lock inversion entirely. spidev_sync() no longer performs any locking, and all callers serialize access using spi_lock. buf_lock is removed since its functionality is fully covered by spi_lock, eliminating the possibility of lock ordering issues. This removes the lock inversion and prevents deadlocks without changing userspace ABI or behaviour.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8431b8672231d378…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e341e18215030af21…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ccfac7d302968a4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40534d19ed2afb880…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: a720416d94634068951773cb9e9d6f1b73769e5b , < f8431b8672231d378b03176fe74c95adfd3522cf (git) Affected: a720416d94634068951773cb9e9d6f1b73769e5b , < e341e18215030af2136836b78508e0d798916df7 (git) Affected: a720416d94634068951773cb9e9d6f1b73769e5b , < 41ccfac7d302968a4f32b5f7b012d066c5f5cdf8 (git) Affected: a720416d94634068951773cb9e9d6f1b73769e5b , < 40534d19ed2afb880ecf202dab26a8e7a5808d16 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.2 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-P22Q-5W3Q-WQPQ

CVE-2026-43319 (GCVE-0-2026-43319)

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