CVE-2026-97948
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/eeh: Fix recursive locking on devices without EEH sensitive driver The commit 1010b4c012b0 ("powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug safe") refactored the EEH code such that the pci_rescan_remove_lock is held at the beginning of eeh_handle_normal_event() and the eeh_reset_device() is called with that lock being held. Looks like the commit missed to remove the existing lock/unlock inside eeh_rmv_device() which is no longer necessary. This is causing the eehd to hang on the lock which it actually holds when that code path is taken. [<0>] 0xc00000011c78f870 [<0>] __switch_to+0xfc/0x1a0 [<0>] pci_lock_rescan_remove+0x30/0x44 [<0>] eeh_rmv_device+0x290/0x2e0 [<0>] eeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x80/0x130 [<0>] eeh_reset_device+0xcc/0x23c [<0>] eeh_handle_normal_event+0x830/0xa80 [<0>] eeh_event_handler+0xf8/0x190 [<0>] kthread+0x194/0x1b0 [<0>] start_kernel_thread+0x14/0x18 The issue is seen for cases where the errors are detected on the PHB directly AND|OR for devices where the driver error_detected() returns PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, and driver being not EEH sensitive(i.e no error handlers like slot_reset(), resume() etc defined).
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-25 11:17:22.317000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:17:46.023000
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"published": "2026-09-25T11:17:22.317",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/eeh: Fix recursive locking on devices without EEH sensitive driver\n\nThe commit 1010b4c012b0 (\"powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug\nsafe\") refactored the EEH code such that the pci_rescan_remove_lock is\nheld at the beginning of eeh_handle_normal_event() and the\neeh_reset_device() is called with that lock being held. Looks like the\ncommit missed to remove the existing lock/unlock inside eeh_rmv_device()\nwhich is no longer necessary. This is causing the eehd to hang on the\nlock which it actually holds when that code path is taken.\n\n[<0>] 0xc00000011c78f870\n[<0>] __switch_to+0xfc/0x1a0\n[<0>] pci_lock_rescan_remove+0x30/0x44\n[<0>] eeh_rmv_device+0x290/0x2e0\n[<0>] eeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x80/0x130\n[<0>] eeh_reset_device+0xcc/0x23c\n[<0>] eeh_handle_normal_event+0x830/0xa80\n[<0>] eeh_event_handler+0xf8/0x190\n[<0>] kthread+0x194/0x1b0\n[<0>] start_kernel_thread+0x14/0x18\n\nThe issue is seen for cases where the errors are detected on the PHB\ndirectly AND|OR for devices where the driver error_detected() returns\nPCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, and driver being not EEH sensitive(i.e no\nerror handlers like slot_reset(), resume() etc defined)."
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