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CVE-2026-93815

net: au1000: move free_irq out of the close-time spinlocked section

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: au1000: move free_irq out of the close-time spinlocked section au1000_close() calls free_irq() while aup->lock is still held with spin_lock_irqsave(). free_irq() can sleep because it takes the IRQ descriptor request mutex, so it does not belong inside the close-time spinlocked section. This was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the in-tree au1000_close() .ndo_stop path. The reviewed path keeps aup->lock held across the MAC reset, queue stop and free_irq(dev->irq, dev). A directed runtime validation kept that ndo_stop carrier and the same free_irq(dev->irq, dev) operation under the driver lock. Lockdep reported "BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context" and "Invalid wait context" while free_irq() was taking desc->request_mutex, with au1000_close() and free_irq() on the stack. Drop aup->lock before freeing the IRQ. The protected close-time work still stops the device and queue before IRQ teardown, but the sleepable IRQ core path now runs outside the spinlocked section.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < f86bca5b7857b85bfa8afdb4fa895d7c0a3f7ebcaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 26fd652915123a690f19d62b253b545a53f3cd51affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < d514b08ed61fdffe23604fd3e9e53c07cbe5ac3eaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < e1b5a13249975fec3cf654efa84f57118db2da2caffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 4536667fba8ddbaff2f2a135080ae6aabf737b5eaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < fc2233f1ab2a1ca562869bca6987d7477671388caffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < f48763beab4eea41fc480c9702ec6eebe8d75e4faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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