CVE-2025-23161
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: vmd: Make vmd_dev::cfg_lock a raw_spinlock_t type The access to the PCI config space via pci_ops::read and pci_ops::write is a low-level hardware access.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: vmd: Make vmd_dev::cfg_lock a raw_spinlock_t type The access to the PCI config space via pci_ops::read and pci_ops::write is a low-level hardware access. The functions can be accessed with disabled interrupts even on PREEMPT_RT. The pci_lock is a raw_spinlock_t for this purpose. A spinlock_t becomes a sleeping lock on PREEMPT_RT, so it cannot be acquired with disabled interrupts. The vmd_dev::cfg_lock is accessed in the same context as the pci_lock. Make vmd_dev::cfg_lock a raw_spinlock_t type so it can be used with interrupts disabled. This was reported as: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 Call Trace: rt_spin_lock+0x4e/0x130 vmd_pci_read+0x8d/0x100 [vmd] pci_user_read_config_byte+0x6f/0xe0 pci_read_config+0xfe/0x290 sysfs_kf_bin_read+0x68/0x90 [bigeasy: reword commit message] Tested-off-by: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <lgoncalv@redhat.com> [kwilczynski: commit log] [bhelgaas: add back report info from https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241218115951.83062-1-ryotkkr98@gmail.com/]
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e5148f70e81991acbe0bab5b1b50ba699116e7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18056a48669a040bef491e63b25896561ee14d90Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d0a9062c031068fa39f725a32f182b709b5525Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2358046ead696ca5c7c628d6c0e2c6792619a3e5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3cfcf0b4bf43530788b08a8eaf7896ec567484Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c250262d6485ca333e9821f85b07eb383ec546b1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2968c812339593ac6e2bdd5cc3adabe3f05fa53Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.htmlMailing List
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.