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watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'

This patch fixes the issue 'BUG: Invalid wait context' during restart()
callback by using clk_prepare_enable() instead of pm_runtime_get_sync()
for turning on the clocks during restart.

This issue is noticed when testing with renesas_defconfig.

[ 42.213802] reboot: Restarting system
[ 42.217860]
[ 42.219364] =============================
[ 42.223368] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
[ 42.227372] 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522 Not tainted
[ 42.234153] -----------------------------
[ 42.238155] systemd-shutdow/1 is trying to lock:
[ 42.242766] ffff00000a650828 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x14/0x20
[ 42.250709] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 42.255753] context-{4:4}
[ 42.258368] 2 locks held by systemd-shutdow/1:
[ 42.262806] #0: ffff80000944e1c8 (system_transition_mutex#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __do_sys_reboot+0xd0/0x250
[ 42.272388] #1: ffff8000094c4e40 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x0/0x150
[ 42.281795] stack backtrace:
[ 42.284672] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522
[ 42.294577] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g044c2 (DT)
[ 42.301096] Call trace:
[ 42.303538] dump_backtrace+0xcc/0xd8
[ 42.307203] show_stack+0x14/0x30
[ 42.310517] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb0
[ 42.314180] dump_stack+0x14/0x2c
[ 42.317492] __lock_acquire+0x1b24/0x1b50
[ 42.321502] lock_acquire+0x120/0x3a8
[ 42.325162] __mutex_lock+0x84/0x8f8
[ 42.328737] mutex_lock_nested+0x30/0x58
[ 42.332658] genpd_lock_mtx+0x14/0x20
[ 42.336319] genpd_runtime_resume+0xc4/0x228
[ 42.340587] __rpm_callback+0x44/0x170
[ 42.344337] rpm_callback+0x64/0x70
[ 42.347824] rpm_resume+0x4e0/0x6b8
[ 42.351310] __pm_runtime_resume+0x50/0x78
[ 42.355404] rzg2l_wdt_restart+0x28/0x68
[ 42.359329] watchdog_restart_notifier+0x1c/0x30
[ 42.363943] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x94/0x150
[ 42.368732] do_kernel_restart+0x24/0x30
[ 42.372652] machine_restart+0x44/0x70
[ 42.376399] kernel_restart+0x3c/0x60
[ 42.380058] __do_sys_reboot+0x228/0x250
[ 42.383977] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x20/0x28
[ 42.387983] invoke_syscall+0x40/0xf8

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.17 5.17.15

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.18.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —

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