CVE-2025-21821: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 77

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 77

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 770 crashes easily with: BUG: scheduling while atomic: irq/144-ads7846/82/0x00010000 Modules linked in: usb_f_ecm g_ether usb_f_rndis u_ether libcomposite configfs omap_udc ohci_omap ohci_hcd CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 82 Comm: irq/144-ads7846 Not tainted 6.12.7-770 #2 Hardware name: Nokia 770 Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x54/0x5c dump_stack_lvl from __schedule_bug+0x50/0x70 __schedule_bug from __schedule+0x4d4/0x5bc __schedule from schedule+0x34/0xa0 schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0xc/0x10 schedule_preempt_disabled from __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x218/0x3b4 __mutex_lock.constprop.0 from clk_prepare_lock+0x38/0xe4 clk_prepare_lock from clk_set_rate+0x18/0x154 clk_set_rate from sossi_read_data+0x4c/0x168 sossi_read_data from hwa742_read_reg+0x5c/0x8c hwa742_read_reg from send_frame_handler+0xfc/0x300 send_frame_handler from process_pending_requests+0x74/0xd0 process_pending_request

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.19%, higher than 9% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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