CVE-2024-26719: nouveau: offload fence uevents work to workqueue

Description

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

nouveau: offload fence uevents work to workqueue

This should break the deadlock between the fctx lock and the irq lock.

This offloads the processing off the work from the irq into a workqueue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26719

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0037fa592d56e4abb9c7d1c52c4d2dc25cd906
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985d053f7633d8b539ab1531738d538efac678a9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39126abc5e20611579602f03b66627d7cd1422f0

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