CVE-2026-89589

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The corresponding post\npaths (cxl_cper_post_event(), cxl_cper_post_prot_err()) execute in hard\nIRQ context (they are called from the GHES error notification path) and\nacquire the same locks with an irqsave guard().\n\nIf a CPU is holding one of these locks via a spinlock guard() when a GHES\ninterrupt arrives on the same CPU, the IRQ handler spins on the held lock\nwaiting for it to release, while the lock holder is preempted by the IRQ.\nThe result is a deadlock.\n\nConvert both locks from spinlock_t to raw_spinlock_t and use guard() at\nall call sites. On PREEMPT_RT kernels spinlock_t is backed by rt_mutex and\nsleeping from hard IRQ context is not permitted; raw_spinlock_t is safe in\nboth contexts.\n\nAdd WARN_ONCE to both register functions to surface double-registration\nbugs at runtime.\n\nRestructure both unregister functions to clear the global work pointer\nunder the lock before calling cancel_work_sync(), closing the window\nwhere a CPER interrupt could schedule work on a pointer about to be\nfreed. Add kfifo_reset() after cancel_work_sync() so stale entries\nare not replayed on next module load.\n\nBoth kfifos are single-consumer: only one work_struct is registered at\na time, enforced by the WARN_ONCE guard in the register functions.\nkfifo_reset() is safe outside the lock because cancel_work_sync() has\nalready quiesced the consumer, and no new consumer can register until\nthe current module exit completes and a fresh module init runs.\n\nRemove the redundant cancel_work_sync() call from cxl_ras_exit() and\ncxl_pci_driver_exit(). The CPER unregister functions now quiesce\nthe work internally."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c", "drivers/cxl/core/ras.c", "drivers/cxl/pci.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5e4a264bf8b55d5a1b4c8cd96ac10b99f98d7487", "lessThan": "cbc27a4302a1feb0ff77c1755021837a738b0ce9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5e4a264bf8b55d5a1b4c8cd96ac10b99f98d7487", "lessThan": "c735dbce7ad03df708bf22ec964f67e43cbc823a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5e4a264bf8b55d5a1b4c8cd96ac10b99f98d7487", "lessThan": "0e25382b05de48d09b243d3d447d236a6d735bc2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5e4a264bf8b55d5a1b4c8cd96ac10b99f98d7487", "lessThan": "6625ca499c3131ef63be3215f8f942d7a097ea3a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c", "drivers/cxl/core/ras.c", "drivers/cxl/pci.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.111", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.111"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbc27a4302a1feb0ff77c1755021837a738b0ce9"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c735dbce7ad03df708bf22ec964f67e43cbc823a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e25382b05de48d09b243d3d447d236a6d735bc2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6625ca499c3131ef63be3215f8f942d7a097ea3a"}], "title": "acpi/apei/ghes: Use raw_spinlock_t for CXL CPER work locks", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in ACPI/APEI/GHES due to spinlock deadlock", "id": "2532404", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532404"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.4", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-833", "details": ["A flaw was found in the ACPI/APEI/GHES component of the Linux kernel. Incorrect usage of spinlocks in the CXL CPER work registration and unregistration helpers can lead to a deadlock. If a CPU holds a lock while a GHES interrupt arrives on the same CPU, the interrupt handler will spin on the held lock, causing the system to become unresponsive. This can result in a denial of service."], "name": "CVE-2026-89589", "public_date": "2026-09-11T19:44:53Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89589\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89589\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e25382b05de48d09b243d3d447d236a6d735bc2\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6625ca499c3131ef63be3215f8f942d7a097ea3a\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c735dbce7ad03df708bf22ec964f67e43cbc823a"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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