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CVE-2025-21911

drm/imagination: avoid deadlock on fence release

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: avoid deadlock on fence release Do scheduler queue fence release processing on a workqueue, rather
than in the release function itself. Fixes deadlock issues such as the following: [ 607.400437] ============================================
[ 607.405755] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
[ 607.415500] --------------------------------------------
[ 607.420817] weston:zfq0/24149 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 607.426131] ffff000017d041a0 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: pvr_gem_object_vunmap+0x40/0xc0 [powervr]
[ 607.436728] but task is already holding lock:
[ 607.442554] ffff000017d105a0 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dma_buf_ioctl+0x250/0x554
[ 607.451727] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 607.458245] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 607.464155] CPU0
[ 607.466601] ----
[ 607.469044] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex);
[ 607.473584] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex);
[ 607.478114] *** DEADLOCK ***

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: avoid deadlock on fence release Do scheduler queue fence release processing on a workqueue, rather than in the release function itself. Fixes deadlock issues such as the following: [ 607.400437] ============================================ [ 607.405755] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected [ 607.415500] -------------------------------------------- [ 607.420817] weston:zfq0/24149 is trying to acquire lock: [ 607.426131] ffff000017d041a0 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: pvr_gem_object_vunmap+0x40/0xc0 [powervr] [ 607.436728] but task is already holding lock: [ 607.442554] ffff000017d105a0 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dma_buf_ioctl+0x250/0x554 [ 607.451727] other info that might help us debug this: [ 607.458245] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 607.464155] CPU0 [ 607.466601] ---- [ 607.469044] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 607.473584] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 607.478114] *** DEADLOCK ***

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-12-29 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-04-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-03 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-05-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.8 < 6.12.19
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.8 < 6.13.7
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.8 < 6.14
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en
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