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Unscored CVE-2024-42294 EUVD-2024-39517GHSA-v82j-fhf7-mwx2

block: fix deadlock between sd_remove & sd_release

Published Aug 17, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws 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-aws-6.8 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-6.8 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-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 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-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency 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-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle 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-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi 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-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

block: fix deadlock between sd_remove & sd_release

Our test report the following hung task:

[ 2538.459400] INFO: task "kworker/0:0":7 blocked for more than 188 seconds.
[ 2538.459427] Call trace:
[ 2538.459430] __switch_to+0x174/0x338
[ 2538.459436] __schedule+0x628/0x9c4
[ 2538.459442] schedule+0x7c/0xe8
[ 2538.459447] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x24/0x40
[ 2538.459453] __mutex_lock+0x3ec/0xf04
[ 2538.459456] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x14/0x24
[ 2538.459459] mutex_lock+0x30/0xd8
[ 2538.459462] del_gendisk+0xdc/0x350
[ 2538.459466] sd_remove+0x30/0x60
[ 2538.459470] device_release_driver_internal+0x1c4/0x2c4
[ 2538.459474] device_release_driver+0x18/0x28
[ 2538.459478] bus_remove_device+0x15c/0x174
[ 2538.459483] device_del+0x1d0/0x358
[ 2538.459488] __scsi_remove_device+0xa8/0x198
[ 2538.459493] scsi_forget_host+0x50/0x70
[ 2538.459497] scsi_remove_host+0x80/0x180
[ 2538.459502] usb_stor_disconnect+0x68/0xf4
[ 2538.459506] usb_unbind_interface+0xd4/0x280
[ 2538.459510] device_release_driver_internal+0x1c4/0x2c4
[ 2538.459514] device_release_driver+0x18/0x28
[ 2538.459518] bus_remove_device+0x15c/0x174
[ 2538.459523] device_del+0x1d0/0x358
[ 2538.459528] usb_disable_device+0x84/0x194
[ 2538.459532] usb_disconnect+0xec/0x300
[ 2538.459537] hub_event+0xb80/0x1870
[ 2538.459541] process_scheduled_works+0x248/0x4dc
[ 2538.459545] worker_thread+0x244/0x334
[ 2538.459549] kthread+0x114/0x1bc

[ 2538.461001] INFO: task "fsck.":15415 blocked for more than 188 seconds.
[ 2538.461014] Call trace:
[ 2538.461016] __switch_to+0x174/0x338
[ 2538.461021] __schedule+0x628/0x9c4
[ 2538.461025] schedule+0x7c/0xe8
[ 2538.461030] blk_queue_enter+0xc4/0x160
[ 2538.461034] blk_mq_alloc_request+0x120/0x1d4
[ 2538.461037] scsi_execute_cmd+0x7c/0x23c
[ 2538.461040] ioctl_internal_command+0x5c/0x164
[ 2538.461046] scsi_set_medium_removal+0x5c/0xb0
[ 2538.461051] sd_release+0x50/0x94
[ 2538.461054] blkdev_put+0x190/0x28c
[ 2538.461058] blkdev_release+0x28/0x40
[ 2538.461063] __fput+0xf8/0x2a8
[ 2538.461066] __fput_sync+0x28/0x5c
[ 2538.461070] __arm64_sys_close+0x84/0xe8
[ 2538.461073] invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
[ 2538.461078] el0_svc_common+0xac/0xe0
[ 2538.461082] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 2538.461087] el0_svc+0x38/0x68
[ 2538.461090] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
[ 2538.461093] el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac

T1: T2:
sd_remove
del_gendisk
__blk_mark_disk_dead
blk_freeze_queue_start
++q->mq_freeze_depth
bdev_release
mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex)
sd_release
scsi_execute_cmd
blk_queue_enter
wait_event(!q->mq_freeze_depth)
mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex)

SCSI does not set GD_OWNS_QUEUE, so QUEUE_FLAG_DYING is not set in
this scenario. This is a classic ABBA deadlock. To fix the deadlock,
make sure we don't try to acquire disk->open_mutex after freezing
the queue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.5 6.6.44

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 6.10.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.10.3-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-50.51 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1020.22 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1020.23 USN-7196-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1019.21 USN-7155-1, USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1015.19 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 USN-7156-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1017.17 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1019.21.1 USN-7155-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1018.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1017.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1016.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-50.51.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1 USN-7196-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1 USN-7155-1, USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1 USN-7154-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2015.16 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1013.14 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +4 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-11.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-20.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +8 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.47.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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