CVE-2026-68319 PUBLISHED

pds_core: fix deadlock between reset thread and remove

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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

pds_core: fix deadlock between reset thread and remove

pci_reset_function() acquires device_lock before performing the reset. pdsc_remove() is called by the PCI core with device_lock already held. If pdsc_pci_reset_thread() is running when pdsc_remove() is called, destroy_workqueue() will block waiting for the work to complete, while the work is blocked waiting for device_lock - deadlock.

Use pci_try_reset_function() which uses pci_dev_trylock() internally. This acquires both the device lock and the PCI config access lock without blocking - if either lock is contended, it returns -EAGAIN immediately. This avoids the deadlock while also ensuring proper config space access serialization during the reset.

The pci_dev_get/put calls are also removed as they were unnecessary - the driver-owned workqueue is destroyed in pdsc_remove(), guaranteeing the work completes before remove returns. The PCI core holds its reference to pci_dev throughout the entire unbind sequence.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 81665adf25d28a00a986533f1d3a5df76b79cad9 to 90d9f3ef28843e6c35149324b8eefb427a7435c2 (excl.)
  • affected from 81665adf25d28a00a986533f1d3a5df76b79cad9 to 19ef775c91c6bf4bd2b60f6616f4e28b621cdd6a (excl.)
  • affected from 81665adf25d28a00a986533f1d3a5df76b79cad9 to 54f905821f26d385fba407a920b51f0a752c76dc (excl.)
  • affected from 81665adf25d28a00a986533f1d3a5df76b79cad9 to ab0eec0ff0a421737a37f510ceab5c6ea59cd05a (excl.)
  • Version 38407914d48273d7f8ab765b9243658afe1c3ab6 is affected
  • affected from 6.8.7 to 6.9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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