{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2024-40912","published":"2024-07-12T12:20:50.488Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:22.297505879Z","related":["ALSA-2024:5928","ALSA-2024:7000","ALSA-2024:7001","SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1"],"summary":"wifi: mac80211: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup()\n\nThe ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup() function takes sta->ps_lock to\nsynchronizes with ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf() which is called from\nsoftirq context. However using only spin_lock() to get sta->ps_lock in\nieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup() does not prevent softirq to execute\non this same CPU, to run ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf() and try to\ntake this same lock ending in deadlock. Below is an example of rcu stall\nthat arises in such situation.\n\n rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU\n rcu:    2-....: (42413413 ticks this GP) idle=b154/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=1763/1765 fqs=21206996\n rcu:    (t=42586894 jiffies g=2057 q=362405 ncpus=4)\n CPU: 2 PID: 719 Comm: wpa_supplicant Tainted: G        W          6.4.0-02158-g1b062f552873 #742\n Hardware name: RPT (r1) (DT)\n pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x58/0x2d0\n lr : invoke_tx_handlers_early+0x5b4/0x5c0\n sp : ffff00001ef64660\n x29: ffff00001ef64660 x28: ffff000009bc1070 x27: ffff000009bc0ad8\n x26: ffff000009bc0900 x25: ffff00001ef647a8 x24: 0000000000000000\n x23: ffff000009bc0900 x22: ffff000009bc0900 x21: ffff00000ac0e000\n x20: ffff00000a279e00 x19: ffff00001ef646e8 x18: 0000000000000000\n x17: ffff800016468000 x16: ffff00001ef608c0 x15: 0010533c93f64f80\n x14: 0010395c9faa3946 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 00000000fa83b2da\n x11: 000000012edeceea x10: ffff0000010fbe00 x9 : 0000000000895440\n x8 : 000000000010533c x7 : ffff00000ad8b740 x6 : ffff00000c350880\n x5 : 0000000000000007 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000\n x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffff00000ac0e0e8\n Call trace:\n  queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x58/0x2d0\n  ieee80211_tx+0x80/0x12c\n  ieee80211_tx_pending+0x110/0x278\n  tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x10c/0x144\n  tasklet_action+0x20/0x28\n  _stext+0x11c/0x284\n  ____do_softirq+0xc/0x14\n  call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x34\n  do_softirq_own_stack+0x18/0x20\n  do_softirq+0x74/0x7c\n  __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa0/0xa4\n  _ieee80211_wake_txqs+0x3b0/0x4b8\n  __ieee80211_wake_queue+0x12c/0x168\n  ieee80211_add_pending_skbs+0xec/0x138\n  ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup+0x2a4/0x480\n  ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update.part.0+0xd8/0x11c\n  ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update+0x18/0x24\n  sta_apply_parameters+0x3bc/0x4c0\n  ieee80211_change_station+0x1b8/0x2dc\n  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