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CVE-2024-57889: Linux kernel · pinctrl: mcp23s08: Fix sleeping in atomic context due to regmap locking

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A patch has been applied to the Linux kernel to fix this issue by disabling internal regmap locking and adding appropriate locking in the driver. Users should update to a Linux kernel version that includes this fix. No other mitigation is indicated.

Description

CVE-2024-57889 addresses a Linux kernel vulnerability in the pinctrl driver for the MCP23S08 IO expander. The issue involves the driver calling a mutex lock while holding a spinlock, causing a sleeping function to be called in an atomic context, which leads to kernel bugs. The fix involves adding proper locking in certain functions and disabling internal regmap locking to prevent sleeping in atomic context.

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