In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx. There is a situation where after THALT is set high, TGO stays high as well. Because jiffies are never updated, as we are in a context with interrupts disabled, we never exit that loop and have a deadlock. That deadlock was noticed on a sama5d4 device that stayed locked for days. Use retries instead of jiffies so that the timeout really works and we do not have a deadlock anymore.
History

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx. There is a situation where after THALT is set high, TGO stays high as well. Because jiffies are never updated, as we are in a context with interrupts disabled, we never exit that loop and have a deadlock. That deadlock was noticed on a sama5d4 device that stayed locked for days. Use retries instead of jiffies so that the timeout really works and we do not have a deadlock anymore.
Title net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-07-03T07:44:17.442Z

Updated: 2025-07-03T07:44:17.442Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.984Z

Link: CVE-2025-38094

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-03T08:15:25.490

Modified: 2025-07-03T15:13:53.147

Link: CVE-2025-38094

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38094 - Bugzilla