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CVE-2025-21821: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA

Description

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

fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA

When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 770 crashes easily with:

BUG: scheduling while atomic: irq/144-ads7846/82/0x00010000
Modules linked in: usb_f_ecm g_ether usb_f_rndis u_ether libcomposite configfs omap_udc ohci_omap ohci_hcd
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 82 Comm: irq/144-ads7846 Not tainted 6.12.7-770 #2
Hardware name: Nokia 770
Call trace:
unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14
show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x54/0x5c
dump_stack_lvl from __schedule_bug+0x50/0x70
__schedule_bug from __schedule+0x4d4/0x5bc
__schedule from schedule+0x34/0xa0
schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0xc/0x10
schedule_preempt_disabled from __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x218/0x3b4
__mutex_lock.constprop.0 from clk_prepare_lock+0x38/0xe4
clk_prepare_lock from clk_set_rate+0x18/0x154
clk_set_rate from sossi_read_data+0x4c/0x168
sossi_read_data from hwa742_read_reg+0x5c/0x8c
hwa742_read_reg from send_frame_handler+0xfc/0x300
send_frame_handler from process_pending_requests+0x74/0xd0
process_pending_requests from lcd_dma_irq_handler+0x50/0x74
lcd_dma_irq_handler from __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x44/0x130
__handle_irq_event_percpu from handle_irq_event+0x28/0x68
handle_irq_event from handle_level_irq+0x9c/0x170
handle_level_irq from generic_handle_domain_irq+0x2c/0x3c
generic...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-21821

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux, Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.47% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-28 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21821
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bbbd311dd503653a2cc86d9226740883051dc92
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb6a5edb60921887d7d10619fcdcbee9759552cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa8e22cbedeb626f2a6bda0aea362353d627cd0a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8392ea100f0b86c234c739c6662f39f0ccc0cefd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4b6b665df815b4841e71b72f06446884e8aad40

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