CVE-2024-42294
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix deadlock between sd_remove & sd_release

Our test report the following hung task:

[ 2538.459400] INFO: task "kworker/0:0":7 blocked for more than 188 seconds.
[ 2538.459427] Call trace:
[ 2538.459430]  __switch_to+0x174/0x338
[ 2538.459436]  __schedule+0x628/0x9c4
[ 2538.459442]  schedule+0x7c/0xe8
[ 2538.459447]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0x24/0x40
[ 2538.459453]  __mutex_lock+0x3ec/0xf04
[ 2538.459456]  __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x14/0x24
[ 2538.459459]  mutex_lock+0x30/0xd8
[ 2538.459462]  del_gendisk+0xdc/0x350
[ 2538.459466]  sd_remove+0x30/0x60
[ 2538.459470]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1c4/0x2c4
[ 2538.459474]  device_release_driver+0x18/0x28
[ 2538.459478]  bus_remove_device+0x15c/0x174
[ 2538.459483]  device_del+0x1d0/0x358
[ 2538.459488]  __scsi_remove_device+0xa8/0x198
[ 2538.459493]  scsi_forget_host+0x50/0x70
[ 2538.459497]  scsi_remove_host+0x80/0x180
[ 2538.459502]  usb_stor_disconnect+0x68/0xf4
[ 2538.459506]  usb_unbind_interface+0xd4/0x280
[ 2538.459510]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1c4/0x2c4
[ 2538.459514]  device_release_driver+0x18/0x28
[ 2538.459518]  bus_remove_device+0x15c/0x174
[ 2538.459523]  device_del+0x1d0/0x358
[ 2538.459528]  usb_disable_device+0x84/0x194
[ 2538.459532]  usb_disconnect+0xec/0x300
[ 2538.459537]  hub_event+0xb80/0x1870
[ 2538.459541]  process_scheduled_works+0x248/0x4dc
[ 2538.459545]  worker_thread+0x244/0x334
[ 2538.459549]  kthread+0x114/0x1bc

[ 2538.461001] INFO: task "fsck.":15415 blocked for more than 188 seconds.
[ 2538.461014] Call trace:
[ 2538.461016]  __switch_to+0x174/0x338
[ 2538.461021]  __schedule+0x628/0x9c4
[ 2538.461025]  schedule+0x7c/0xe8
[ 2538.461030]  blk_queue_enter+0xc4/0x160
[ 2538.461034]  blk_mq_alloc_request+0x120/0x1d4
[ 2538.461037]  scsi_execute_cmd+0x7c/0x23c
[ 2538.461040]  ioctl_internal_command+0x5c/0x164
[ 2538.461046]  scsi_set_medium_removal+0x5c/0xb0
[ 2538.461051]  sd_release+0x50/0x94
[ 2538.461054]  blkdev_put+0x190/0x28c
[ 2538.461058]  blkdev_release+0x28/0x40
[ 2538.461063]  __fput+0xf8/0x2a8
[ 2538.461066]  __fput_sync+0x28/0x5c
[ 2538.461070]  __arm64_sys_close+0x84/0xe8
[ 2538.461073]  invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
[ 2538.461078]  el0_svc_common+0xac/0xe0
[ 2538.461082]  do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 2538.461087]  el0_svc+0x38/0x68
[ 2538.461090]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
[ 2538.461093]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac

  T1:				T2:
  sd_remove
  del_gendisk
  __blk_mark_disk_dead
  blk_freeze_queue_start
  ++q->mq_freeze_depth
  				bdev_release
 				mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex)
  				sd_release
 				scsi_execute_cmd
 				blk_queue_enter
 				wait_event(!q->mq_freeze_depth)
  mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex)

SCSI does not set GD_OWNS_QUEUE, so QUEUE_FLAG_DYING is not set in
this scenario. This is a classic ABBA deadlock. To fix the deadlock,
make sure we don't try to acquire disk->open_mutex after freezing
the queue.
CVSS v3.1 Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products: linux_kernel
Related CWEs: CWE-667
Related CAPECs: CAPEC-25, CAPEC-27, CAPEC-26
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: T1499.004
MITRE ATT&CK Tactics: T1499
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5625a83eac91fdff1d5f0202ecfc45a31983c9, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e04da2dc7013af50ed3a2beb698d5168d1e594b, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5418f48a93b69ed9e6a2281eee06b412f14a544
CWE: CWE-667
MITRE ATT&CK techniques: T1499.004
MITRE ATT&CK tactics: T1499