Vulnerability CVE-2021-46914


Published: 2024-02-27

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

ixgbe: fix unbalanced device enable/disable in suspend/resume

pci_disable_device() called in __ixgbe_shutdown() decreases
dev->enable_cnt by 1. pci_enable_device_mem() which increases
dev->enable_cnt by 1, was removed from ixgbe_resume() in commit
6f82b2558735 ("ixgbe: use generic power management"). This caused
unbalanced increase/decrease. So add pci_enable_device_mem() back.

Fix the following call trace.

ixgbe 0000:17:00.1: disabling already-disabled device
Call Trace:
__ixgbe_shutdown+0x10a/0x1e0 [ixgbe]
ixgbe_suspend+0x32/0x70 [ixgbe]
pci_pm_suspend+0x87/0x160
? pci_pm_freeze+0xd0/0xd0
dpm_run_callback+0x42/0x170
__device_suspend+0x114/0x460
async_suspend+0x1f/0xa0
async_run_entry_fn+0x3c/0xf0
process_one_work+0x1dd/0x410
worker_thread+0x34/0x3f0
? cancel_delayed_work+0x90/0x90
kthread+0x14c/0x170
? kthread_park+0x90/0x90
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be07581aacae7cd0a073afae8e8862032f794309
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b4be4a753caa4056496f679d70550d0c11a264
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/debb9df311582c83fe369baa35fa4b92e8a9c58a

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