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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result

CVE-2024-35998

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result

Coverity spotted that the cifs_sync_mid_result function could deadlock

"Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) lock_order: Calling spin_lock acquires lock TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock while holding lock TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock"

Addresses-Coverity: 1590401 ("Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL)")

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