In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i3c: Use i3cdev->desc->info instead of calling i3c_device_get_info() to avoid deadlock
A deadlock may happen since the i3c_master_register() acquires
&i3cbus->lock twice. See the log below.
Use i3cdev->desc->info instead of calling i3c_device_info() to
avoid acquiring the lock twice.
v2:
- Modified the title and commit message
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WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.11.0-mainline
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init/1 is trying to acquire lock:
f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_bus_normaluse_lock
but task is already holding lock:
f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_master_register
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(&i3cbus->lock);
lock(&i3cbus->lock);
* DEADLOCK *
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
2 locks held by init/1:
#0: fcffff809b6798f8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __driver_attach
#1: f1ffff80a6a40dc0 (&i3cbus->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: i3c_master_register
stack backtrace:
CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0xfc/0x17c
show_stack+0x18/0x28
dump_stack_lvl+0x40/0xc0
dump_stack+0x18/0x24
print_deadlock_bug+0x388/0x390
__lock_acquire+0x18bc/0x32ec
lock_acquire+0x134/0x2b0
down_read+0x50/0x19c
i3c_bus_normaluse_lock+0x14/0x24
i3c_device_get_info+0x24/0x58
i3c_device_uevent+0x34/0xa4
dev_uevent+0x310/0x384
kobject_uevent_env+0x244/0x414
kobject_uevent+0x14/0x20
device_add+0x278/0x460
device_register+0x20/0x34
i3c_master_register_new_i3c_devs+0x78/0x154
i3c_master_register+0x6a0/0x6d4
mtk_i3c_master_probe+0x3b8/0x4d8
platform_probe+0xa0/0xe0
really_probe+0x114/0x454
__driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x15c
driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x1ac
__driver_attach+0xc4/0x1f0
bus_for_each_dev+0x104/0x160
driver_attach+0x24/0x34
bus_add_driver+0x14c/0x294
driver_register+0x68/0x104
__platform_driver_register+0x20/0x30
init_module+0x20/0xfe4
do_one_initcall+0x184/0x464
do_init_module+0x58/0x1ec
load_module+0xefc/0x10c8
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x238/0x33c
invoke_syscall+0x58/0x10c
el0_svc_common+0xa8/0xdc
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc+0x50/0xac
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x70/0xbc
el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it