Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context"

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  "id": "42bcd65b8cec65a9d08c72007693c8131548f741137660624c82fc03ff507996",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42274",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Revert \"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context\"",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert \"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context\" Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e (\"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context\") removed the process context workqueue from amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer() and update_pcm_pointers() to remove its overhead. With RME Fireface 800, this lead to a regression since Kernels 5.14.0, causing an AB/BA deadlock competition for the substream lock with eventual system freeze under ALSA operation: thread 0: * (lock A) acquire substream lock by snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in snd_pcm_status64() * (lock B) wait for tasklet to finish by calling tasklet_unlock_spin_wait() in tasklet_disable_in_atomic() in ohci_flush_iso_completions() of ohci.c thread 1: * (lock B) enter tasklet * (lock A) attempt to acquire substream lock, waiting for it to be released: snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in snd_pcm_period_elapsed() in update_pcm_pointers() in process_ctx_payloads() in process_rx_packets() of amdtp-stream.c ? tasklet_unlock_spin_wait ohci_flush_iso_completions firewire_ohci amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer snd_firewire_lib snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0 snd_pcm snd_pcm_status64 snd_pcm ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath _raw_spin_lock_irqsave snd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_pcm process_rx_packets snd_firewire_lib irq_target_callback snd_firewire_lib handle_it_packet firewire_ohci context_tasklet firewire_ohci Restore the process context work queue to pre",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.914425669Z",
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        "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323",
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        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42274",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2024-08-17T08:54:28.169+00:00"
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