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CVE-2025-37848: accel/ivpu: Fix PM related deadlocks in MS IOCTLs

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-667

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ivpu: Fix PM related deadlocks in MS IOCTLs Prevent runtime resume/suspend while MS IOCTLs are in progress. Failed suspend will call ivpu_ms_cleanup() that would try to acquire file_priv->ms_lock, which is already held by the IOCTLs.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.11 before 6.12.24; from 6.13 before 6.13.12; from 6.14 before 6.14.3; 6.15-rc1 — fixed in 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84547128526441b45c3c241419dececf20c30104
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afada73000bef7c79a22f0d7e93fac414eeff19e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3d9fc2f2746b52e9f820a13c53b4418bec04b48
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d893da85e06edf54737bb80648bb58ba8fd56d9f

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