Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Hold rescan lock while adding devices during host probe
Since adding the PCI power control code, we may end up with a race between
the pwrctl platform device rescanning the bus and host controller probe
functions. The latter need to take the rescan lock when adding devices or
we may end up in an undefined state having two incompletely added devices
and hit the following crash when trying to remove the device over sysfs:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP
Call trace:
__pi_strlen+0x14/0x150
kernfs_find_ns+0x80/0x13c
kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x54/0xf0
sysfs_remove_bin_file+0x24/0x34
pci_remove_resource_files+0x3c/0x84
pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files+0x28/0x38
pci_stop_bus_device+0x8c/0xd8
pci_stop_bus_device+0x40/0xd8
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x28/0x48
remove_store+0x70/0xb0
dev_attr_store+0x20/0x38
sysfs_kf_write+0x58/0x78
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xe8/0x184
vfs_write+0x2dc/0x308
ksys_write+0x7c/0xec
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.11 | 6.11.6 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.11.6-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.11.6-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | 6.11.0-1015.15 | USN-7310-1 |
| 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 +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +13 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 6.11.8-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source-longterm | 6.12.11-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1 |
Advisories 4
- USN-7310-1 linux-oem-6.11 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 3, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-3339 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 17, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1 kernel-devel-longterm-6.12.11-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1 kernel-devel-6.11.8-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026