{"cve":"CVE-2025-21684","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-09T12:15:29.623","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:01.027","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: xilinx: Convert gpio_lock to raw spinlock\n\nirq_chip functions may be called in raw spinlock context. Therefore, we\nmust also use a raw spinlock for our own internal locking.\n\nThis fixes the following lockdep splat:\n\n[    5.349336] =============================\n[    5.353349] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]\n[    5.357361] 6.13.0-rc5+ #69 Tainted: G        W\n[    5.363031] -----------------------------\n[    5.367045] kworker/u17:1/44 is trying to lock:\n[    5.371587] ffffff88018b02c0 (&chip->gpio_lock){....}-{3:3}, at: xgpio_irq_unmask (drivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c:433 (discriminator 8))\n[    5.380079] other info that might help us debug this:\n[    5.385138] context-{5:5}\n[    5.387762] 5 locks held by kworker/u17:1/44:\n[    5.392123] #0: ffffff8800014958 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3204)\n[    5.402260] #1: ffffffc082fcbdd8 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3205)\n[    5.411528] #2: ffffff880172c900 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach (drivers/base/dd.c:1006)\n[    5.419929] #3: ffffff88039c8268 (request_class#2){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __setup_irq (kernel/irq/internals.h:156 kernel/irq/manage.c:1596)\n[    5.428331] #4: ffffff88039c80c8 (lock_class#2){....}-{2:2}, at: __setup_irq (kernel/irq/manage.c:1614)\n[    5.436472] stack backtrace:\n[    5.439359] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 44 Comm: kworker/u17:1 Tainted: G        W          6.13.0-rc5+ #69\n[    5.448690] Tainted: [W]=WARN\n[    5.451656] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT)\n[    5.455845] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func\n[    5.461699] Call trace:\n[    5.464147] show_stack+0x18/0x24 C\n[    5.467821] dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)\n[    5.471501] dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:130)\n[    5.474824] __lock_acquire (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4828 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4898 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5176)\n[    5.478758] lock_acquire (arch/arm64/include/asm/percpu.h:40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:467 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5851 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5814)\n[    5.482429] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave (include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162)\n[    5.486797] xgpio_irq_unmask (drivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c:433 (discriminator 8))\n[    5.490737] irq_enable (kernel/irq/internals.h:236 kernel/irq/chip.c:170 kernel/irq/chip.c:439 kernel/irq/chip.c:432 kernel/irq/chip.c:345)\n[    5.494060] __irq_startup (kernel/irq/internals.h:241 kernel/irq/chip.c:180 kernel/irq/chip.c:250)\n[    5.497645] irq_startup (kernel/irq/chip.c:270)\n[    5.501143] __setup_irq (kernel/irq/manage.c:1807)\n[    5.504728] request_threaded_irq (kernel/irq/manage.c:2208)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9860370c2172704b6b4f0075a0c2a29fd84af96a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c035105c5537d2ecad6b9415e9417a1ffbd0a62","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0111650ee596219bb5defa0ce1a1308e6e77ccf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d25041d4a3b2af64c888cf762362b2528ba59294","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ed2d0abc021f56fa27dc6d0770535c1851a43b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:18.731010617+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21684","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10633,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}