GHSA-PCW4-494R-VQVF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 18:31 – Updated: 2025-09-26 18:31
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Details

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

i2c: core: Run atomic i2c xfer when !preemptible

Since bae1d3a05a8b, i2c transfers are non-atomic if preemption is disabled. However, non-atomic i2c transfers require preemption (e.g. in wait_for_completion() while waiting for the DMA).

panic() calls preempt_disable_notrace() before calling emergency_restart(). Therefore, if an i2c device is used for the restart, the xfer should be atomic. This avoids warnings like:

[ 12.667612] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:318 rcu_note_context_switch+0x33c/0x6b0 [ 12.676926] Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section! ... [ 12.742376] schedule_timeout from wait_for_completion_timeout+0x90/0x114 [ 12.749179] wait_for_completion_timeout from tegra_i2c_wait_completion+0x40/0x70 ... [ 12.994527] atomic_notifier_call_chain from machine_restart+0x34/0x58 [ 13.001050] machine_restart from panic+0x2a8/0x32c

Use !preemptible() instead, which is basically the same check as pre-v5.2.

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-52791"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-21T16:15:17Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: core: Run atomic i2c xfer when !preemptible\n\nSince bae1d3a05a8b, i2c transfers are non-atomic if preemption is\ndisabled. However, non-atomic i2c transfers require preemption (e.g. in\nwait_for_completion() while waiting for the DMA).\n\npanic() calls preempt_disable_notrace() before calling\nemergency_restart(). Therefore, if an i2c device is used for the\nrestart, the xfer should be atomic. This avoids warnings like:\n\n[   12.667612] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:318 rcu_note_context_switch+0x33c/0x6b0\n[   12.676926] Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!\n...\n[   12.742376]  schedule_timeout from wait_for_completion_timeout+0x90/0x114\n[   12.749179]  wait_for_completion_timeout from tegra_i2c_wait_completion+0x40/0x70\n...\n[   12.994527]  atomic_notifier_call_chain from machine_restart+0x34/0x58\n[   13.001050]  machine_restart from panic+0x2a8/0x32c\n\nUse !preemptible() instead, which is basically the same check as\npre-v5.2.",
  "id": "GHSA-pcw4-494r-vqvf",
  "modified": "2025-09-26T18:31:17Z",
  "published": "2024-05-21T18:31:21Z",
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    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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