CVE-2026-23217 (GCVE-0-2026-23217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-18 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-23 16:04
VLAI
Title
riscv: trace: fix snapshot deadlock with sbi ecall
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: trace: fix snapshot deadlock with sbi ecall If sbi_ecall.c's functions are traceable, echo "__sbi_ecall:snapshot" > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_filter may get the kernel into a deadlock. (Functions in sbi_ecall.c are excluded from tracing if CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY is set.) __sbi_ecall triggers a snapshot of the ringbuffer. The snapshot code raises an IPI interrupt, which results in another call to __sbi_ecall and another snapshot... All it takes to get into this endless loop is one initial __sbi_ecall. On RISC-V systems without SSTC extension, the clock events in timer-riscv.c issue periodic sbi ecalls, making the problem easy to trigger. Always exclude the sbi_ecall.c functions from tracing to fix the potential deadlock. sbi ecalls can easiliy be logged via trace events, excluding ecall functions from function tracing is not a big limitation.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1ff95eb2bebda50c4c5406caaf201e0fcb24cc8f , < b1f8285bc8e3508c1fde23b5205f1270215d4984 (git)
Affected: 1ff95eb2bebda50c4c5406caaf201e0fcb24cc8f , < b0d7f5f0c9f05f1b6d4ee7110f15bef9c11f9df0 (git)
Affected: 82f134ddd4f5da11c277bd1aa02e2a733179725a (git)
Affected: 6.10.10 , < 6.11 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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