{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2021-46970",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2024-02-27T18:42:55.943Z",
        "datePublished": "2024-02-27T18:47:06.071Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:45:27.179Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:45:27.179Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbus: mhi: pci_generic: Remove WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag from state workqueue\n\nA recent change created a dedicated workqueue for the state-change work\nwith WQ_HIGHPRI (no strong reason for that) and WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flags,\nbut the state-change work (mhi_pm_st_worker) does not guarantee forward\nprogress under memory pressure, and will even wait on various memory\nallocations when e.g. creating devices, loading firmware, etc... The\nwork is then not part of a memory reclaim path...\n\nMoreover, this causes a warning in check_flush_dependency() since we end\nup in code that flushes a non-reclaim workqueue:\n\n[   40.969601] workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM mhi_hiprio_wq:mhi_pm_st_worker [mhi] is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM events_highpri:flush_backlog\n[   40.969612] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 158 at kernel/workqueue.c:2607 check_flush_dependency+0x11c/0x140\n[   40.969733] Call Trace:\n[   40.969740]  __flush_work+0x97/0x1d0\n[   40.969745]  ? wake_up_process+0x15/0x20\n[   40.969749]  ? insert_work+0x70/0x80\n[   40.969750]  ? __queue_work+0x14a/0x3e0\n[   40.969753]  flush_work+0x10/0x20\n[   40.969756]  rollback_registered_many+0x1c9/0x510\n[   40.969759]  unregister_netdevice_queue+0x94/0x120\n[   40.969761]  unregister_netdev+0x1d/0x30\n[   40.969765]  mhi_net_remove+0x1a/0x40 [mhi_net]\n[   40.969770]  mhi_driver_remove+0x124/0x250 [mhi]\n[   40.969776]  device_release_driver_internal+0xf0/0x1d0\n[   40.969778]  device_release_driver+0x12/0x20\n[   40.969782]  bus_remove_device+0xe1/0x150\n[   40.969786]  device_del+0x17b/0x3e0\n[   40.969791]  mhi_destroy_device+0x9a/0x100 [mhi]\n[   40.969796]  ? mhi_unmap_single_use_bb+0x50/0x50 [mhi]\n[   40.969799]  device_for_each_child+0x5e/0xa0\n[   40.969804]  mhi_pm_st_worker+0x921/0xf50 [mhi]"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "8f70397876872789b2a5deba804eb6216fb5deb7",
                            "lessThan": "abd1510c08a13c88d24b622a83c82e87ff1d3135",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "8f70397876872789b2a5deba804eb6216fb5deb7",
                            "lessThan": "ed541cff35cbdb695f0c98ef506dd7218883fc07",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "8f70397876872789b2a5deba804eb6216fb5deb7",
                            "lessThan": "0fccbf0a3b690b162f53b13ed8bc442ea33437dc",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "5.11",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "5.11",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.11.20",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.11.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.12.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.13",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.11.20"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.12.3"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.13"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abd1510c08a13c88d24b622a83c82e87ff1d3135"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed541cff35cbdb695f0c98ef506dd7218883fc07"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fccbf0a3b690b162f53b13ed8bc442ea33437dc"
                }
            ],
            "title": "bus: mhi: pci_generic: Remove WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag from state workqueue",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        },
        "adp": [
            {
                "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment",
                "metrics": [
                    {
                        "other": {
                            "type": "ssvc",
                            "content": {
                                "id": "CVE-2021-46970",
                                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                                "options": [
                                    {
                                        "Exploitation": "none"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Automatable": "no"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Technical Impact": "partial"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "version": "2.0.3",
                                "timestamp": "2024-03-05T22:31:16.861503Z"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "providerMetadata": {
                    "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
                    "shortName": "CISA-ADP",
                    "dateUpdated": "2024-06-04T17:13:05.954Z"
                }
            },
            {
                "providerMetadata": {
                    "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
                    "shortName": "CVE",
                    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T05:17:42.997Z"
                },
                "title": "CVE Program Container",
                "references": [
                    {
                        "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abd1510c08a13c88d24b622a83c82e87ff1d3135",
                        "tags": [
                            "x_transferred"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed541cff35cbdb695f0c98ef506dd7218883fc07",
                        "tags": [
                            "x_transferred"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fccbf0a3b690b162f53b13ed8bc442ea33437dc",
                        "tags": [
                            "x_transferred"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}