CVE-2024-35818

LoongArch: Define the __io_aw() hook as mmiowb()

Published May 17, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

LoongArch: Define the __io_aw() hook as mmiowb()

Commit fb24ea52f78e0d595852e ("drivers: Remove explicit invocations of
mmiowb()") remove all mmiowb() in drivers, but it says:

"NOTE: mmiowb() has only ever guaranteed ordering in conjunction with
spin_unlock(). However, pairing each mmiowb() removal in this patch with
the corresponding call to spin_unlock() is not at all trivial, so there
is a small chance that this change may regress any drivers incorrectly
relying on mmiowb() to order MMIO writes between CPUs using lock-free
synchronisation."

The mmio in radeon_ring_commit() is protected by a mutex rather than a
spinlock, but in the mutex fastpath it behaves similar to spinlock. We
can add mmiowb() calls in the radeon driver but the maintainer says he
doesn't like such a workaround, and radeon is not the only example of
mutex protected mmio.

So we should extend the mmiowb tracking system from spinlock to mutex,
and maybe other locking primitives. This is not easy and error prone, so
we solve it in the architectural code, by simply defining the __io_aw()
hook as mmiowb(). And we no longer need to override queued_spin_unlock()
so use the generic definition.

Without this, we get such an error when run 'glxgears' on weak ordering
architectures such as LoongArch:

radeon 0000:04:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10324msec
radeon 0000:04:00.0: ring 3 stalled for more than 10240msec
radeon 0000:04:00.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001f412 last fence id 0x000000000001f414 on ring 3)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000000f940 last fence id 0x000000000000f941 on ring 0)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)
radeon 0000:04:00.0: scheduling IB failed (-35).
[drm:radeon_gem_va_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Couldn't update BO_VA (-35)

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-667
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 8:11 PM
Reserved
May 17, 2024, 12:19 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 17, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 17, 2024, 12:00 AM