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drm/vc4: drop all currently held locks if deadlock happens

Published Oct 1, 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-6.11 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-6.11 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-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 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:

drm/vc4: drop all currently held locks if deadlock happens

If vc4_hdmi_reset_link() returns -EDEADLK, it means that a deadlock
happened in the locking context. This situation should be addressed by
dropping all currently held locks and block until the contended lock
becomes available. Currently, vc4 is not dealing with the deadlock
properly, producing the following output when PROVE_LOCKING is enabled:

[ 825.612809] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 825.612852] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 116 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:276 drm_modeset_drop_locks+0x60/0x68 [drm]
[ 825.613458] Modules linked in: 8021q mrp garp stp llc
raspberrypi_cpufreq brcmfmac brcmutil crct10dif_ce hci_uart cfg80211
btqca btbcm bluetooth vc4 raspberrypi_hwmon snd_soc_hdmi_codec cec
clk_raspberrypi ecdh_generic drm_display_helper ecc rfkill
drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper pwm_bcm2835 bcm2835_thermal bcm2835_rng
rng_core i2c_bcm2835 drm fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6
[ 825.613735] CPU: 1 PID: 116 Comm: kworker/1:2 Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc6-01399-g941aae326315 #3
[ 825.613759] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (DT)
[ 825.613777] Workqueue: events output_poll_execute [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.614038] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 825.614063] pc : drm_modeset_drop_locks+0x60/0x68 [drm]
[ 825.614603] lr : drm_helper_probe_detect+0x120/0x1b4 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.614829] sp : ffff800008313bf0
[ 825.614844] x29: ffff800008313bf0 x28: ffffcd7778b8b000 x27: 0000000000000000
[ 825.614883] x26: 0000000000000001 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffff677cc35c2758
[ 825.614920] x23: ffffcd7707d01430 x22: ffffcd7707c3edc7 x21: 0000000000000001
[ 825.614958] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff800008313c10 x18: 000000000000b6d3
[ 825.614995] x17: ffffcd777835e214 x16: ffffcd7777cef870 x15: fffff81000000000
[ 825.615033] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000099 x12: 0000000000000002
[ 825.615070] x11: 72917988020af800 x10: 72917988020af800 x9 : 72917988020af800
[ 825.615108] x8 : ffff677cc665e0a8 x7 : d00a8c180000110c x6 : ffffcd77774c0054
[ 825.615145] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 825.615181] x2 : ffff677cc55e1880 x1 : ffffcd7777cef8ec x0 : ffff800008313c10
[ 825.615219] Call trace:
[ 825.615232] drm_modeset_drop_locks+0x60/0x68 [drm]
[ 825.615773] drm_helper_probe_detect+0x120/0x1b4 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.616003] output_poll_execute+0xe4/0x224 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.616233] process_one_work+0x2b4/0x618
[ 825.616264] worker_thread+0x24c/0x464
[ 825.616288] kthread+0xec/0x110
[ 825.616310] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 825.616335] irq event stamp: 7634
[ 825.616349] hardirqs last enabled at (7633): [<ffffcd777831ee90>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x3c/0x78
[ 825.616384] hardirqs last disabled at (7634): [<ffffcd7778315a78>] __schedule+0x134/0x9f0
[ 825.616411] softirqs last enabled at (7630): [<ffffcd7707aacea0>] local_bh_enable+0x4/0x30 [ipv6]
[ 825.617019] softirqs last disabled at (7618): [<ffffcd7707aace70>] local_bh_disable+0x4/0x30 [ipv6]
[ 825.617586] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Therefore, deal with the deadlock as suggested by [1], using the
function drm_modeset_backoff().

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/drm-kms.html?highlight=kms#kms-locking

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1 6.1.16

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 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.20-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 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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