Vulnerability CVE-2024-35998
Published: 2024-05-20

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

smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result

Coverity spotted that the cifs_sync_mid_result function could deadlock

"Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) lock_order: Calling spin_lock acquires
lock TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock while holding lock TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock"

Addresses-Coverity: 1590401 ("Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL)")

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7a4bca289e50bb4b2650f845c41bb3e453f4c66
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/699f8958dece132709c0bff6a9700999a2a63b75
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8248224ab5b8ca7559b671917c224296a4d671fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f
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