CVE-2026-43211

HIGH

PCI: Fix pci_slot_trylock() error handling

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix pci_slot_trylock() error handling Commit a4e772898f8b ("PCI: Add missing bridge lock to pci_bus_lock()") delegates the bridge device's pci_dev_trylock() to pci_bus_trylock() in pci_slot_trylock(), but it forgets to remove the corresponding pci_dev_unlock() when pci_bus_trylock() fails. Before a4e772898f8b, the code did: if (!pci_dev_trylock(dev)) /* <- lock bridge device */ goto unlock; if (dev->subordinate) { if (!pci_bus_trylock(dev->subordinate)) { pci_dev_unlock(dev); /* <- unlock bridge device */ goto unlock; } } After a4e772898f8b the bridge-device lock is no longer taken, but the pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure path was left in place, leading to the bug. This yields one of two errors: 1. A warning that the lock is being unlocked when no one holds it. 2. An incorrect unlock of a lock that belongs to another thread. Fix it by removing the now-redundant pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure path. [Same patch later posted by Keith at https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]]

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (36)
linux/Kernel < 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 04e85a3285b0e5c5af6fd2c0fd6e95ffecc01945 - fbe06a3058114bf95a17a4941b205f4b321c6f0a
Linux/Linux 0790b89c7e911003b8c50ae50e3ac7645de1fae9
... and 26 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026