Vulnerability · Published Apr 24, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-31647idpf: fix PREEMPT_RT raw/bh spinlock nesting for async VC handling

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix PREEMPT_RT raw/bh spinlock nesting for async VC handling Switch from using the completion's raw spinlock to a local lock in the idpf_vc_xn struct. The conversion is safe because complete/_all() are called outside the lock and there is no reason to share the completion lock in the current logic. This avoids invalid wait context reported by the kernel due to the async handler taking BH spinlock: [ 805.726977] ============================= [ 805.726991] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ] [ 805.727006] 7.0.0-rc2-net-devq-031026+ #28 Tainted: G S OE [ 805.727026] ----------------------------- [ 805.727038] kworker/u261:0/572 is trying to lock: [ 805.727051] ff190da6a8dbb6a0 (&vport_config->mac_filter_list_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: idpf_mac_filter_async_handler+0xe9/0x260 [idpf] [ 805.727099] other info that might help us debug this: [ 805.727111] context-{5:5} [ 805.727119] 3 locks held by kworker/u261:0/572: [ 805.727132] #0: ff190da6db3e6148 ((wq_completion)idpf-0000:83:00.0-mbx){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x4b5/0x730 [ 805.727163] #1: ff3c6f0a6131fe50 ((work_completion)(&(&adapter->mbx_task)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1e5/0x730 [ 805.727191] #2: ff190da765190020 (&x->wait#34){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: idpf_recv_mb_msg+0xc8/0x710 [idpf] [ 805.727218] stack backtrace: ... [ 805.727238] Workqueue: idpf-0000:83:00.0-mbx idpf_mbx_task [idpf] [ 805.727247] Call Trace: [ 805.727249] <TASK> [ 805.727251] dump_stack_lvl+0x77/0xb0 [ 805.727259] __lock_acquire+0xb3b/0x2290 [ 805.727268] ? __irq_work_queue_local+0x59/0x130 [ 805.727275] lock_acquire+0xc6/0x2f0 [ 805.727277] ? idpf_mac_filter_async_handler+0xe9/0x260 [idpf] [ 805.727284] ? _printk+0x5b/0x80 [ 805.727290] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x38/0x50 [ 805.727298] ? idpf_mac_filter_async_handler+0xe9/0x260 [idpf] [ 805.727303] idpf_mac_filter_async_handler+0xe9/0x260 [idpf] [ 805.727310] idpf_recv_mb_msg+0x1c8/0x710 [idpf] [ 805.727317] process_one_work+0x226/0x730 [ 805.727322] worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 [ 805.727325] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 805.727328] kthread+0xf4/0x130 [ 805.727333] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 805.727336] ret_from_fork+0x32c/0x410 [ 805.727345] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 805.727347] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 805.727354] </TASK>

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.85-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31647
Debian:14linux6.19.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31647

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 34c21fa894a1af6166f4284c81d1dc21efed8f38 – before b448529f2f2921c6fe82fd4e985cc7c05cbf02a334c21fa894a1af6166f4284c81d1dc21efed8f38 – before e02c974fc331f04b5ba2007d4bc6862df8a4314834c21fa894a1af6166f4284c81d1dc21efed8f38 – before 3bb632c6b6d8154e9019beda4a43a4b518ee3e8a34c21fa894a1af6166f4284c81d1dc21efed8f38 – before 591478118293c1bd628de330a99eb1eb2ef8d76b
Linux Linux 6.9

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