# CVE-2024-57807: scsi: megaraid\_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.289, 5.10.233, 5.13, 5.14
- Published: 2025-01-11 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.134, fixed in 5.4.289; from 5.10.52, fixed in 5.10.233; from 5.12.19, fixed in 5.13; from 5.13.4, fixed in 5.14
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock This fixes a 'possible circular locking dependency detected' warning CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); Fix this by temporarily releasing the reset_mutex.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.289, 5.10.233, 5.13, 5.14) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78afb9bfad00c4aa58a424111d7edbcab9452f2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36d024bd15ed356a80dda3ddc46d0a62aa55815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c654998a3e8167a58b6c6fede545fe400a4b554
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edadc693bfcc0f1ea08b8fa041c9361fd042410d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50783148ec98a1d38b87422e2ceaf2380b7b606
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/466ca39dbf5d0ba71c16b15c27478a9c7d4022a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50740f4dc78b41dec7c8e39772619d5ba841ddd7

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