i2c: stm32f7: Do not prepare/unprepare clock during runtime suspend/resume
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: stm32f7: Do not prepare/unprepare clock during runtime suspend/resume In case there is any sort of clock controller attached to this I2C bus controller, for example Versaclock or even an AIC32x4 I2C codec, then an I2C transfer triggered from the clock controller clk_ops .prepare callback may trigger a deadlock on drivers/clk/clk.c prepare_lock mutex. This is because the clock controller first grabs the prepare_lock mutex and then performs the prepare operation, including its I2C access. The I2C access resumes this I2C bus controller via .runtime_resume callback, which calls clk_prepare_enable(), which attempts to grab the prepare_lock mutex again and deadlocks. Since the clock are already prepared since probe() and unprepared in remove(), use simple clk_enable()/clk_disable() calls to enable and disable the clock on runtime suspend and resume, to avoid hitting the prepare_lock mutex.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.0 and later | 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.0 and later Fixed in 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-49985
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qfhj-q535-jf9w
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8bc33ad64192f54142396470cc34ce539a8940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1883cad2cc629ded4a3556c0bbb8b42533ad8764
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2024b1a583ab9176c797ea1e5f57baf8d5e2682
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a1f8a5b56ba93d3e8b7a1dafa24e01c8bb48ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fac3c9f7784e8184c0338e9f0877b81e55d3ef1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894cd5f5fd9061983445bbd1fa3d81be43095344
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/048bbbdbf85e5e00258dfb12f5e368f908801d7b
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Sources
- CVE-2024-49985 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-49985 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qfhj-q535-jf9w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-49985 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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