In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ice: fix LAG and VF lock dependency in ice_reset_vf()

9f74a3dfcf83 ("ice: Fix VF Reset paths when interface in a failed over
aggregate"), the ice driver has acquired the LAG mutex in ice_reset_vf().
The commit placed this lock acquisition just prior to the acquisition of
the VF configuration lock.

If ice_reset_vf() acquires the configuration lock via the ICE_VF_RESET_LOCK
flag, this could deadlock with ice_vc_cfg_qs_msg() because it always
acquires the locks in the order of the VF configuration lock and then the
LAG mutex.

Lockdep reports this violation almost immediately on creating and then
removing 2 VF:

======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.8.0-rc6 #54 Tainted: G        W  O
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kworker/60:3/6771 is trying to acquire lock:
ff40d43e099380a0 (&vf->cfg_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]

but task is already holding lock:
ff40d43ea1961210 (&pf->lag_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ice_reset_vf+0xb7/0x4d0 [ice]

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&pf->lag_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __lock_acquire+0x4f8/0xb40
       lock_acquire+0xd4/0x2d0
       __mutex_lock+0x9b/0xbf0
       ice_vc_cfg_qs_msg+0x45/0x690 [ice]
       ice_vc_process_vf_msg+0x4f5/0x870 [ice]
       __ice_clean_ctrlq+0x2b5/0x600 [ice]
       ice_service_task+0x2c9/0x480 [ice]
       process_one_work+0x1e9/0x4d0
       worker_thread+0x1e1/0x3d0
       kthread+0x104/0x140
       ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

-> #0 (&vf->cfg_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add+0xe2/0xc50
       validate_chain+0x558/0x800
       __lock_acquire+0x4f8/0xb40
       lock_acquire+0xd4/0x2d0
       __mutex_lock+0x9b/0xbf0
       ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
       ice_process_vflr_event+0x98/0xd0 [ice]
       ice_service_task+0x1cc/0x480 [ice]
       process_one_work+0x1e9/0x4d0
       worker_thread+0x1e1/0x3d0
       kthread+0x104/0x140
       ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:
       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&pf->lag_mutex);
                               lock(&vf->cfg_lock);
                               lock(&pf->lag_mutex);
  lock(&vf->cfg_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***
4 locks held by kworker/60:3/6771:
 #0: ff40d43e05428b38 ((wq_completion)ice){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x176/0x4d0
 #1: ff50d06e05197e58 ((work_completion)(&pf->serv_task)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x176/0x4d0
 #2: ff40d43ea1960e50 (&pf->vfs.table_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ice_process_vflr_event+0x48/0xd0 [ice]
 #3: ff40d43ea1961210 (&pf->lag_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ice_reset_vf+0xb7/0x4d0 [ice]

stack backtrace:
CPU: 60 PID: 6771 Comm: kworker/60:3 Tainted: G        W  O       6.8.0-rc6 #54
Hardware name:
Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x80
 check_noncircular+0x12d/0x150
 check_prev_add+0xe2/0xc50
 ? save_trace+0x59/0x230
 ? add_chain_cache+0x109/0x450
 validate_chain+0x558/0x800
 __lock_acquire+0x4f8/0xb40
 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100
 lock_acquire+0xd4/0x2d0
 ? ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
 ? lock_is_held_type+0xc7/0x120
 __mutex_lock+0x9b/0xbf0
 ? ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
 ? ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
 ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0x50
 ? ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
 ice_reset_vf+0x22f/0x4d0 [ice]
 ? process_one_work+0x176/0x4d0
 ice_process_vflr_event+0x98/0xd0 [ice]
 ice_service_task+0x1cc/0x480 [ice]
 process_one_work+0x1e9/0x4d0
 worker_thread+0x1e1/0x3d0
 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
 kthread+0x104/0x140
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
 </TASK>

To avoid deadlock, we must acquire the LAG 
---truncated---

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/740717774dc37338404d10726967d582414f638c [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fdd1f6b4ed72a741fb0eb705c0e13049b8721f [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de8631d8c9df08440268630200e64b623a5f69e6 [No types assigned]