CVE-2025-21849

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Deadlock via Improper Locking in DRM i915 GT Interrupt Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Use spin_lock_irqsave() in interruptible context spin_lock/unlock() functions used in interrupt contexts could result in a deadlock, as seen in GitLab issue #13399, which occurs when interrupt comes in while holding a lock. Try to remedy the problem by saving irq state before spin lock acquisition. v2: add irqs' state save/restore calls to all locks/unlocks in signal_irq_work() execution (Maciej) v3: use with spin_lock_irqsave() in guc_lrc_desc_unpin() instead of other lock/unlock calls and add Fixes and Cc tags (Tvrtko); change title and commit message (cherry picked from commit c088387ddd6482b40f21ccf23db1125e8fa4af7e)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.12.17linux
Linux/Linux < 6.9
Linux/Linux 2f2cc53b5fe7022f3ae602eb24573d52f8740959 - 2bf1f4c129db7a10920655b000f0292f1ee509c2
Linux/Linux 2f2cc53b5fe7022f3ae602eb24573d52f8740959 - 47ae46ac5407646420e06b78e0dad331e56a4bb4
Linux/Linux 2f2cc53b5fe7022f3ae602eb24573d52f8740959 - e49477f7f78598295551d486ecc7f020d796432e
Linux/Linux 6.12.17 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.5 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 6.9
... and 2 more
Published Mar 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026