# CVE-2024-40977: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-12 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery During chip recovery (e.g. chip reset), there is a possible situation that kernel worker reset_work is holding the lock and waiting for kernel thread stat_worker to be parked, while stat_worker is waiting for the release of the same lock. It causes a deadlock resulting in the dumping of hung tasks messages and possible rebooting of the device. This patch prevents the execution of stat_worker during the chip recovery.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b81faa05b0b9feb3ae2d69be1d21f0d126ecb08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85edd783f4539a994d66c4c014d5858f490b7a02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e974dd4c22a23ec3ce579fb6d31a674ac0435da9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf0b2b8a37c8464186620bef37812a117ff6366

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