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wifi: iwlwifi: Use request_module_nowait

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: Use request_module_nowait This appears to work around a deadlock regression that came in with the LED merge in 6.9. The deadlock happens on my system with 24 iwlwifi radios, so maybe it something like all worker threads are busy and some work that needs to complete cannot complete. [also remove unnecessary "load_module" var and now-wrong comment]

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.9.2
CVEs
CVE-2024-36970
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 17:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: iwlwifi: Use request_module_nowait

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jun 2024, 13:01 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: Use request_module_nowait This appears to work around a deadlock regression that came in with the LED merge in 6.9. The deadlock happens on my system with 24 iwlwifi radios, so maybe it something like all worker threads are busy and some work that needs to complete cannot complete. [also remove unnecessary "load_module" var and now-wrong comment]

osv:CVE-2024-36970

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.9.2

Complete source record
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