CVE-2026-43319

MEDIUM

spi: spidev: fix lock inversion between spi_lock and buf_lock

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spidev: fix lock inversion between spi_lock and buf_lock The spidev driver previously used two mutexes, spi_lock and buf_lock, but acquired them in different orders depending on the code path: write()/read(): buf_lock -> spi_lock ioctl(): spi_lock -> buf_lock This AB-BA locking pattern triggers lockdep warnings and can cause real deadlocks: WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected spidev_ioctl() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->buf_lock) spidev_sync_write() -> mutex_lock(&spidev->spi_lock) *** DEADLOCK *** The issue is reproducible with a simple userspace program that performs write() and SPI_IOC_WR_MAX_SPEED_HZ ioctl() calls from separate threads on the same spidev file descriptor. Fix this by simplifying the locking model and removing the lock inversion entirely. spidev_sync() no longer performs any locking, and all callers serialize access using spi_lock. buf_lock is removed since its functionality is fully covered by spi_lock, eliminating the possibility of lock ordering issues. This removes the lock inversion and prevents deadlocks without changing userspace ABI or behaviour.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (16)
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 40534d19ed2afb880ecf202dab26a8e7a5808d16
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 41ccfac7d302968a4f32b5f7b012d066c5f5cdf8
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - e341e18215030af2136836b78508e0d798916df7
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - f8431b8672231d378b03176fe74c95adfd3522cf
Linux/Linux 6.12.75 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 6 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026