In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: core: sysfs: Fix hang when device state is set via sysfs
This fixes a regression added with:
commit f0f82e2476f6 ("scsi: core: Fix capacity set to zero after
offlinining device")
The problem is that after iSCSI recovery, iscsid will call into the kernel
to set the dev's state to running, and with that patch we now call
scsi_rescan_device() with the state_mutex held. If the SCSI error handler
thread is just starting to test the device in scsi_send_eh_cmnd() then it's
going to try to grab the state_mutex.
We are then stuck, because when scsi_rescan_device() tries to send its I/O
scsi_queue_rq() calls -> scsi_host_queue_ready() -> scsi_host_in_recovery()
which will return true (the host state is still in recovery) and I/O will
just be requeued. scsi_send_eh_cmnd() will then never be able to grab the
state_mutex to finish error handling.
To prevent the deadlock move the rescan-related code to after we drop the
state_mutex.
This also adds a check for if we are already in the running state. This
prevents extra scans and helps the iscsid case where if the transport class
has already onlined the device during its recovery process then we don't
need userspace to do it again plus possibly block that daemon.
                
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                    Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Linux Linux linux Kernel | 
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
 | cvssV3_1 
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Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| Metrics | ssvc 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-04-10T18:56:30.097Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T12:41:12.961Z
Reserved: 2024-03-25T09:12:14.113Z
Link: CVE-2021-47192
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-08-04T05:32:07.175Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-04-10T19:15:47.710
Modified: 2025-04-30T16:26:13.617
Link: CVE-2021-47192
 Redhat
                        Redhat