net: fec: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid deadlocks
There is a deadlock issue found in sungem driver, please refer to the
commit ac0a230f719b ("eth: sungem: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid
deadlocks"). The root cause of the issue is that netpoll is in atomic
context and disable_irq() is called by .ndo_poll_controller interface
of sungem driver, however, disable_irq() might sleep. After analyzing
the implementation of fec_poll_controller(), the fec driver should have
the same issue. Due to the fec driver uses NAPI for TX completions, the
.ndo_poll_controller is unnecessary to be implemented in the fec driver,
so fec_poll_controller() can be safely removed.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5818-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6949-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6949-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6952-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6955-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7173-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7173-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7179-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7173-3 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7179-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7179-3 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7179-4 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7186-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7186-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7194-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7195-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7195-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7233-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7233-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7233-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7262-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7262-2 | Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7413-1 | Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T21:55:47.575Z
Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.920Z
Link: CVE-2024-38553
Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:26.028Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:15.550
Modified: 2025-11-03T22:17:02.333
Link: CVE-2024-38553
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN