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CVE-2025-40142— ALSA: pcm: Disable bottom softirqs as part of spin_lock_irq() on PREEMPT_RT

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于PREEMPT_RT上未禁用底部软中断，可能导致死锁。

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Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496< 63ee96c7f47df239ee0a6e8108b6bfd8c98334ae affected
d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496< 3969b6193cb7a45aa5fb4ec68f215e9e7f93d39a affected
d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496< 9fc4a3da9a0259a0500848b5d8657918efde176b affected
6.12 affected
< 6.12 unaffected
6.12.53≤ 6.12.* unaffected
6.17.3≤ 6.17.* unaffected
6.18≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-40142

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Vulnerability Title
ALSA: pcm: Disable bottom softirqs as part of spin_lock_irq() on PREEMPT_RT
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Disable bottom softirqs as part of spin_lock_irq() on PREEMPT_RT snd_pcm_group_lock_irq() acquires a spinlock_t and disables interrupts via spin_lock_irq(). This also implicitly disables the handling of softirqs such as TIMER_SOFTIRQ. On PREEMPT_RT softirqs are preemptible and spin_lock_irq() does not disable them. That means a timer can be invoked during spin_lock_irq() on the same CPU. Due to synchronisations reasons local_bh_disable() has a per-CPU lock named softirq_ctrl.lock which synchronizes individual softirq against each other. syz-bot managed to trigger a lockdep report where softirq_ctrl.lock is acquired in hrtimer_cancel() in addition to hrtimer_run_softirq(). This is a possible deadlock. The softirq_ctrl.lock can not be made part of spin_lock_irq() as this would lead to too much synchronisation against individual threads on the system. To avoid the possible deadlock, softirqs must be manually disabled before the lock is acquired. Disable softirqs before the lock is acquired on PREEMPT_RT.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于PREEMPT_RT上未禁用底部软中断，可能导致死锁。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 ~ 63ee96c7f47df239ee0a6e8108b6bfd8c98334ae -
Linux Linux 6.12 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-11-12 · 96 CVEs total

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CVE-2025-40158 8.1 HIGH ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output()
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CVE-2025-40135 8.1 HIGH ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
CVE-2025-40133 8.1 HIGH mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable().
CVE-2025-40204 8.1 HIGH sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
CVE-2025-40141 8.0 HIGH Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible UAF on iso_conn_free
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CVE-2025-40174 7.8 HIGH x86/mm: Fix SMP ordering in switch_mm_irqs_off()
CVE-2025-40167 7.8 HIGH ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination
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CVE-2025-40159 7.8 HIGH xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation
CVE-2025-40182 7.8 HIGH crypto: skcipher - Fix reqsize handling
CVE-2025-40151 7.8 HIGH LoongArch: BPF: No support of struct argument in trampoline programs
CVE-2025-40206 7.8 HIGH netfilter: nft_objref: validate objref and objrefmap expressions
CVE-2025-40149 7.8 HIGH tls: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in get_netdev_for_sock().
CVE-2025-40190 7.8 HIGH ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update
CVE-2025-40166 7.8 HIGH drm/xe/guc: Check GuC running state before deregistering exec queue

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