CVE-2026-43211

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix pci_slot_trylock() error handling Commit a4e772898f8b ("PCI: Add missing bridge lock to pci_bus_lock()") delegates the bridge device's pci_dev_trylock() to pci_bus_trylock() in pci_slot_trylock(), but it forgets to remove the corresponding pci_dev_unlock() when pci_bus_trylock() fails. Before a4e772898f8b, the code did: if (!pci_dev_trylock(dev)) /* <- lock bridge device */ goto unlock; if (dev->subordinate) { if (!pci_bus_trylock(dev->subordinate)) { pci_dev_unlock(dev); /* <- unlock bridge device */ goto unlock; } } After a4e772898f8b the bridge-device lock is no longer taken, but the pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure path was left in place, leading to the bug. This yields one of two errors: 1. A warning that the lock is being unlocked when no one holds it. 2. An incorrect unlock of a lock that belongs to another thread. Fix it by removing the now-redundant pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure path. [Same patch later posted by Keith at https://patch.msgid.link/20260116184150.3013258-1-kbusch@meta.com]

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0425aaf20b407d2f2cf3bf469808e4a35f9abb8b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b08ea9690b212b7bf7f12414039259cf34b1aa0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9368d1ee62829b08aa31836b3ca003803caf0b72
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/943ed56606a7ab2fe5a99cad572dd17d484310c7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19b61fdb958ffadbba85b43c991eb9fc70c1c1c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd435f4b738130d732ef64e0e57e45185f77165d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb27b7399ab8b9eb1f792b329aa5f6250c590d4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbe06a3058114bf95a17a4941b205f4b321c6f0a
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43211.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43211

CWEs

CWE-667