CVE-2021-47449

ice: fix locking for Tx timestamp tracking flush

Published May 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ice: fix locking for Tx timestamp tracking flush

Commit 4dd0d5c33c3e ("ice: add lock around Tx timestamp tracker flush")
added a lock around the Tx timestamp tracker flow which is used to
cleanup any left over SKBs and prepare for device removal.

This lock is problematic because it is being held around a call to
ice_clear_phy_tstamp. The clear function takes a mutex to send a PHY
write command to firmware. This could lead to a deadlock if the mutex
actually sleeps, and causes the following warning on a kernel with
preemption debugging enabled:

[ 715.419426] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:573
[ 715.427900] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 3100, name: rmmod
[ 715.435652] INFO: lockdep is turned off.
[ 715.439591] Preemption disabled at:
[ 715.439594] [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
[ 715.446678] CPU: 52 PID: 3100 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G W OE 5.15.0-rc4+ #42 bdd7ec3018e725f159ca0d372ce8c2c0e784891c
[ 715.458058] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600STQ/S2600STQ, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0010.010620200716 01/06/2020
[ 715.468483] Call Trace:
[ 715.470940] dump_stack_lvl+0x6a/0x9a
[ 715.474613] ___might_sleep.cold+0x224/0x26a
[ 715.478895] __mutex_lock+0xb3/0x1440
[ 715.482569] ? stack_depot_save+0x378/0x500
[ 715.486763] ? ice_sq_send_cmd+0x78/0x14c0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.494979] ? kfree+0xc1/0x520
[ 715.498128] ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x12a0/0x12a0
[ 715.502837] ? kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30
[ 715.507110] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x10b/0x140
[ 715.511385] ? slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc7/0x220
[ 715.516092] ? kfree+0xc1/0x520
[ 715.519235] ? ice_deinit_lag+0x16c/0x220 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.527359] ? ice_remove+0x1cf/0x6a0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.535133] ? pci_device_remove+0xab/0x1d0
[ 715.539318] ? __device_release_driver+0x35b/0x690
[ 715.544110] ? driver_detach+0x214/0x2f0
[ 715.548035] ? bus_remove_driver+0x11d/0x2f0
[ 715.552309] ? pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x250
[ 715.556840] ? ice_module_exit+0xc/0x2f [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.564799] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x2d8/0x4e0
[ 715.570554] ? do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[ 715.574303] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 715.579529] ? start_flush_work+0x542/0x8f0
[ 715.583719] ? ice_sq_send_cmd+0x78/0x14c0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.591923] ice_sq_send_cmd+0x78/0x14c0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.599960] ? wait_for_completion_io+0x250/0x250
[ 715.604662] ? lock_acquire+0x196/0x200
[ 715.608504] ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xa5/0x160
[ 715.612864] ice_sbq_rw_reg+0x1e6/0x2f0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.620813] ? ice_reset+0x130/0x130 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.628497] ? __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x1e8/0x3c0
[ 715.633550] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1c/0x130
[ 715.637748] ice_write_phy_reg_e810+0x70/0xf0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.646220] ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xa5/0x160
[ 715.650581] ? ice_ptp_release+0x910/0x910 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.658797] ? ice_ptp_release+0x255/0x910 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.667013] ice_clear_phy_tstamp+0x2c/0x110 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.675403] ice_ptp_release+0x408/0x910 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.683440] ice_remove+0x560/0x6a0 [ice 9a7e1ec00971c89ecd3fe0d4dc7da2b3786a421d]
[ 715.691037] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x46/0x73
[ 715.696005] pci_device_remove+0xab/0x1d0
[ 715.700018] __device_release_driver+0x35b/0x690
[ 715.704637] driver_detach+0x214/0x2f0
[ 715.708389] bus_remove_driver+0x11d/0x2f0
[ 715.712489] pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x250
[ 71
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Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-129
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:54 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 2:58 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 22, 2024, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 22, 2024, 12:00 AM