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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-44957

CVE-2024-44957

Description

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

xen: privcmd: Switch from mutex to spinlock for irqfds

irqfd_wakeup() gets EPOLLHUP, when it is called by eventfd_release() by way of wake_up_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLHUP), which gets called under spin_lock_irqsave(). We can't use a mutex here as it will lead to a deadlock.

Fix it by switching over to a spin lock.

Affected products

4
  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.6.46
    • (no CPE)range: 6.6
    • (no CPE)
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.6.0, < 6.6.46

Patches

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