CVE-2024-35971

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ks8851 network driver, that causes a system hang due to a deadlock in the IRQ handling process. The issue occurs when the ks8851_irq() function, which handles network packets, triggers a softirq (net_rx_action) while holding a spinlock (ks8851_lock_par()). This results in a deadlock when the driver tries to acquire the same spinlock again during packet transmission.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.

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