Vulnerability CVE-2024-27021


Published: 2024-05-01

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

r8169: fix LED-related deadlock on module removal

Binding devm_led_classdev_register() to the netdev is problematic
because on module removal we get a RTNL-related deadlock. Fix this
by avoiding the device-managed LED functions.

Note: We can safely call led_classdev_unregister() for a LED even
if registering it failed, because led_classdev_unregister() detects
this and is a no-op in this case.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53d986f39acd8ea11c9e460732bfa5add66360d9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fa4f2a85d777a8052e869c1b892a2f7556569d

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