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powerpc/imc-pmu: Fix use of mutex in IRQs disabled section

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

powerpc/imc-pmu: Fix use of mutex in IRQs disabled section

Current imc-pmu code triggers a WARNING with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
and CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING enabled, while running a thread_imc event.

Command to trigger the warning:
# perf stat -e thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/ sleep 5

Performance counter stats for 'sleep 5':

0 thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/

5.002117947 seconds time elapsed

0.000131000 seconds user
0.001063000 seconds sys

Below is snippet of the warning in dmesg:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:580
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 2869, name: perf-exec
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
4 locks held by perf-exec/2869:
#0: c00000004325c540 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bprm_execve+0x64/0xa90
#1: c00000004325c5d8 (&sig->exec_update_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: begin_new_exec+0x460/0xef0
#2: c0000003fa99d4e0 (&cpuctx_lock){-...}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x290/0x510
#3: c000000017ab8418 (&ctx->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x29c/0x510
irq event stamp: 4806
hardirqs last enabled at (4805): [<c000000000f65b94>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xd0
hardirqs last disabled at (4806): [<c0000000003fae44>] perf_event_exec+0x394/0x510
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c00000000013c404>] copy_process+0xc34/0x1ff0
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61
Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xe0 (unreliable)
__might_resched+0x2f8/0x310
__mutex_lock+0x6c/0x13f0
thread_imc_event_add+0xf4/0x1b0
event_sched_in+0xe0/0x210
merge_sched_in+0x1f0/0x600
visit_groups_merge.isra.92.constprop.166+0x2bc/0x6c0
ctx_flexible_sched_in+0xcc/0x140
ctx_sched_in+0x20c/0x2a0
ctx_resched+0x104/0x1c0
perf_event_exec+0x340/0x510
begin_new_exec+0x730/0xef0
load_elf_binary+0x3f8/0x1e10
...
do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2001 set at [<00000000fd63e7cf>] do_nanosleep+0x60/0x1a0
WARNING: CPU: 36 PID: 2869 at kernel/sched/core.c:9912 __might_sleep+0x9c/0xb0
CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: sleep Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61
Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV
NIP: c000000000194a1c LR: c000000000194a18 CTR: c000000000a78670
REGS: c00000004d2134e0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2)
MSR: 9000000000021033 <SF,HV,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 48002824 XER: 00000000
CFAR: c00000000013fb64 IRQMASK: 1

The above warning triggered because the current imc-pmu code uses mutex
lock in interrupt disabled sections. The function mutex_lock()
internally calls __might_resched(), which will check if IRQs are
disabled and in case IRQs are disabled, it will trigger the warning.

Fix the issue by changing the mutex lock to spinlock.

[mpe: Fix comments, trim oops in change log, add reported-by tags]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.14 5.4.229

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 6.1.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.7-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-70.77 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1034.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1036.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1036.43.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1032.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1031.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1028.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1033.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1027.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-144.161 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1097.105 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1034.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1104.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1036.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1059.65 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1101.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1032.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-70.77~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1013.15 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1087.93 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1094.103 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1081.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1 —
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1024.29 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1036.39 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1073.82 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.94.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01640-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_26 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_67 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1

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