Medium [CVE-2026-72152] Use wait_woken in wait_for_tmp_stat
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-72152 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: tpm_tis_spi: Use wait_woken() in wait_for_tmp_stat() wait_event_interruptible_timeout() evaluates its condition after setting the current task state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.
With CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP this triggers a warning when the IRQ wait path is used: tpm_tis_status() tpm_tis_spi_read_bytes() tpm_tis_spi_transfer_full() spi_bus_lock() mutex_lock() Address this with the following measures: 1. Call wait_tpm_stat_cond() only while tasking is running.
2. Use wait_woken() to wait for changes.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Trusted Platform Module (TPM) TIS SPI driver. The `wait_event_interruptible_timeout()` function incorrectly evaluates its condition after setting the task state, which can trigger a warning when debugging atomic sleeps and using the Interrupt Request (IRQ) wait path.
This could potentially lead to system instability or unexpected behavior. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-821. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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