In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
backlight: led_bl: Hold led_access lock when calling led_sysfs_disable()
Lockdep detects the following issue on led-backlight removal: [ 142.315935] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 142.315954] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 292 at drivers/leds/led-core.c:455 led_sysfs_enable+0x54/0x80 ... [ 142.500725] Call trace: [ 142.503176] led_sysfs_enable+0x54/0x80 (P) [ 142.507370] led_bl_remove+0x80/0xa8 [led_bl] [ 142.511742] platform_remove+0x30/0x58 [ 142.515501] device_remove+0x54/0x90 ...
Indeed, led_sysfs_enable() has to be called with the led_access lock held.
Hold the lock when calling led_sysfs_disable().
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.6.1 | 5.10.237 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.11 | 5.15.181 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 6.1.136 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.2 | 6.6.88 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.7 | 6.12.24 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.13 | 6.13.12 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.14 | 6.14.3 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.6 | 5.6.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.6-rc5 | 5.6-rc5.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.6-rc6 | 5.6-rc6.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.6-rc7 | 5.6-rc7.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 11.0 | 11.0.x |