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Linux Linux — smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0039 32.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612 – —
Linux 6.4 – 6.1.90
TIMELINE
May 17 Reserved by Linux
May 20 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-35998 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result
Coverity spotted that the cifs_sync_mid_result function could deadlock
"Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) lock_order: Calling spin_lock acquires
lock TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock while holding lock TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock"
Addresses-Coverity: 1590401 ("Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL)")
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 17, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 20, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-35998 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.4 | 6.1.90 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-35998 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.