CVE-2024-36887

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: e1000e: change usleep_range to udelay in PHY mdic access This is a partial revert of commit 6dbdd4de0362 ("e1000e: Workaround for sporadic MDI error on Meteor Lake systems"). The referenced commit used usleep_range inside the PHY access routines, which are sometimes called from an atomic context. This can lead to a kernel panic in some scenarios, such as cable disconnection and reconnection on vPro systems. Solve this by changing the usleep_range calls back to udelay.

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-36887 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-36887.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/387f295cb2150ed164905b648d76dfcbd3621778
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/950d5226cd6bb83ba720961a8d4d5cf79e6afd57
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a139656c95db893a543159873c57a470d7376d
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024053033-CVE-2024-36887-6a66@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36887
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36887